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Shristian Worker's 

SWORD; 



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MANUAL FOR CHRISTIAN W0RKBI8, 



SHOWING HOW TO DEAL WITH VARIOUS CHARACTERS, AS WELL 

AS TO SHOW FORTH THE BEAUTIES OF GOD'S WORD 

IN ADAPTING ITSELF TO THE WANTS AND 

COMFORTS OF PERSONS IN THEIR 

VARIFIED CONDITIONS. 



" Take the Sword of the Spirit which is The H'ord 0/ God.^'-'Ep. 6:17. 



By Rev. Joseph Portch, Williamsport, Md. 



HAGBESTOWN, MD. 



• Mail Publishing Company, /a^ coP^R'«J^^%^^ 









COPYEIGHT 1893, 

BY EEV. JOSEPH PORTCH, 

WiLLIAMSPORT, MD. 



THIS BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO 

THOMAS B. MARCHE, ESQ., 

who has stood by me in trials and difficulties and shared all. For 
several years a friendship has existed which I trust will survive the 
grave, and though it cannot be much to you that I place your name, 
with mine, on this humble page ; yet a friendship which has never 
known abatement and to which I owe many of the sweetest recollec- 
tions ol my life prompts me to do it. 

Yours fraternally. 

The Compiler. 



INTRODUCTION- 



In this small but useful work is contained a Christian Worker's 
P^eady to Hand passages of scripture, all written in full, to meet the 
requirements of the various classes of persons with whom they may 
come in contact. Thus serving to answer questions, remove doubts 
and point the enquiring to the " Lamb of God, which taketh away 
the sin of the world." 

There are also special verses and chapters to be read at special 
t mcs and on special occasions; together with commands, prayers 
and promises under different subjects. 

May God bless His own word for His name's sake, is the prayer 
of the compiler. 



SOUL WINNING TEXTS. 

Daniel 12:3. — And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness 
of the firmament, and they that turn many to righteousness as the 
stars forever and ever. 

James 5:20. — -Let him know that he which converteth the sinner 
from the error of his way shall save a soul from death and shall hide 
a multitude of sins. 

2 Corinthians 9:8. — And God is able to make all grace abound 
toward you that ye always having all sufficiency in all things may 
abound to every good work. 

John 5:24. — Verily, verily I say unto you he that heareth My 
word and believeth on Him that sent Me hath everlasting life and 
shall not come into condemnation but is passed from death unto life. 

Isaiah 12:2. — Behold God in my salvation I will trust and not be 
afraid for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song ; He also is 
become my salvation. 

Joshua 1:8, 9. — This book of the law shall not depart out of thy 
mouth but thou shalt meditate therein day and night that thou mayest 
observe to do according to all that is written therein for them. Thou 
shalt make thy way prosperous and then thou shalt have good success. 
Have not I commanded thee ? Be strong and of a good courage, be 
not afraid, neither be thou dismayed, for the Lord thy God is with 
thee whithersoever thou goest. 

John 14:12. — Verily, verily I say unto you, he that believeth on 
Me the works that I do shall he do also, and greater works than these 
shall he do because I go unto My Father. 

Prov. 11:30. — The fruit o»f the righteous is a tree' of life and he that 
winneth souls is wise. 

TEXTS FOR BACKSLIDERS 
or for those who say : "I Once Knew — I Have Fallen From 
Grace ; " or for those who Have Grown Cold. 
Je. 2:19. — Thine own wickedness shall correct thee and thy back- 
slidings shall reprove thee, know therefore and see that it is an evil 
thing and bitter that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God and that 
My fear is not in thee saith the Lord God of hosts. 



Je. 3:13, 14. — Only acknowledge thine iniquity that thou hast 
transgressed against the Lord thy God and hast scattered thy ways 
to the strangers under every green tree and ye have not obeyed My 
voice saith the Lord. 

Turn, O, backsliding children, saith the Lord, for I am married 
unto you .... and I will bring you to Zion. 

Je. 2:13. — For my people have committed two evils, they have for- 
saken Me the fountain of living waters and hewed them out cisterns, 
broken cisterns, that can hold no water. 

Je. 3:12'. — Go and proclaim these words .... and say re- 
turn thou backsliding Israel saith the Lord, and I will not cause Mine 
anger to fall upon you, for I am mercilul saith the Lord, and I will 
not keep anger forever. 

Hosea. 14:1, 2. — O, Israel return unto the Lord thy God for thou 
hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words and turn to the 
Lord ; say unto Him : Take away all iniquity and receive us graci- 
ously so will we render the calves of our lips. 

id. 14:4. — I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely 
for Mine anger is turned away from him. 

Jno. 3:16, 18. — For God so loved the world that He gave His only 
begotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but 
have everlasting life. 

For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world but 
that the world through Him might be saved. He that believeth on 
Him is not condemned, but he that believeth not is condemned 
already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten 
Son of God. 

id. 36. — He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life and he 
that believeth not the Son shall not see life but the wrath of God 
abideth on him. 

Je. 2:5. — Thus saith the Lord: What iniquity have your fathers 
found in Me that they are gone far from Me and have walked after 
vanity and are become vain ? 

id. 27. — They have turned their back unto Me and not their face, 
but in the time of their trouble they will say Arise and Save Us. 

Je. 3:23. — Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills and 
from the multitude of mountains. Truly in the Lord our God is the 
salvation of Israel. 

id. 22. — Return ye backsliding children and I will heal your back- 
slidings. Behold we come unto Thee for Thou art the Lord our God 



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Psalm 32:5. — I acknowledged my sin unto Thee and mine iniquity 
have I not hid, I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord 
and Thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. 

I Jno. 1:9. — If we confess our sins He is faithful and just to forgive 
us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 

1 id. 2:1. — If any man sin we have an advocate with the Father 
Jesus Christ the righteous. 

2 Kings 5:18. — The Lord pardon thy servant in this thing. 
Psalm 66:18. — If I regard iniquity in my heart the Lord will not 

hear me. 

Prov. 14:14. — The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own 
ways. 

Jer. 14:7. — O, Lord, though our iniquities testify against us do 
thou it for Thy name's sake for our backslidings are many, we have 
sinned against Thee. 

Hosea 11:8. — How shall I give thee up Ephraim ? Mine heart is 
turned within me. 

Mai. 3:7. — Ye are gone away from Mine ordinances and have not 
kept them. Return unto Me and I will return unto you saith the 
Lord of hosts. 

Luke 9:62. — No man having put his hand to the plough and look- 
ing back is fit for the kingdom of God. 

Luke 15:18, 20. — I will arise and go to my father and will say 
unto him : Father I have sinned against Heaven and before thee, 
and am no more worthy to be called thy son, make me as one 01 
thy hired servants. And he arose and came to his father. But when 
he was yet a great way off his father saw him and had compassion 
and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. 

Luke 22:61, 62. — And the Lord turned and looked upon Peter and 
Peter remembered the word of the Lord .... And Peter went 
out and wept bitterly. 

Jno. 6:67. — Will ye also go away ? 

Heb. 10:38. — If any man draw back my soul shall have no pleasure 
in him. 

Rev. 2:4, 5. — I have somewhat against thee because thou hast' 
left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen 
and repent and do the first works or else I will come unto thee 
quickly and will remove thy candlestick out of his place except thou 
repent. 



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Rev. 3:20. — Behold I stand at the door and knock, if any man 
hear My voice and open the door I will come in to him and will sup 
with him and he with Me. 

FOR THOSE WHO ARE SLIGHTLY CONVICTED 

or for the Good Enough's, or for the Indifferent, or for the Self- 

Righteous, or for the Careless. 

Rom. 3:10, 22, 23. — It is written: There is none righteous, no 
not one, for there is no difference, for all have sinned and come short 
of the glory of God. 

id. 7:24. — O, wretched man that. I am ! Who shall deliver me 
from the body of this death ? 

I Jno. 1:10. — If we say that we have not sinned we make God a 
liar and His word is not in us. 

Ecc. 7:20. — For there is not a just man upon earth that doeth good 
and sinneth not. 

Is. 53:6. — All w^e like sheep, have gone astray ; we have turned, 
every one, to his own way. 

Jer. 6:14. — They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of My 
people slightly saying peace, peace, when there is no peace. 

I Jno. 1:8. — If we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves, 
and the truth is not in us. 

Jas. 2:10. — For whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend 
in one point he is guilty of all. 

Psalm 143:2. — And enter not into judgment with thy servant, for 
in Thy sight shall no man living be justified. 

Acts 13:39. — And by Him (Jesus) every one that beheveth is 
justified from all things from which ye could not be justified by the 
law of Moses. 

Is. 53:6. — The Lord hath laid on Him (Jesus) the iniquity of us all. 

Gal. 2:16. — Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of 
the law but by the faith of Jesus Christ even we have believed in 
Jesus Christ that we might be justified by the faith of Christ and not 
by the works of the law, for by the works of the law shall no flesh be 
justified. 

Ep. 2:8, 9. — For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not 
of yourselves it is the gift of God. Not of works lest any man should 
boast. 

Is. 1:5, 6. — The whole head is sick and the whole heart faint, from 
the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it bu^^ 
wounds and bruises and putrefying sores. 



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Jno. 3:3. — Except a man be born again he cannot seethe kingdom 
of God. 

id. 3:7. — Ye must be born again. 

Num. 32:23. — Ye have sinned against the Lord and be sure your 
sin will find you out. 

Psalm 9:17. — The wicked shall be turned: into hell and all the 
nations that forget God. 

Prov. 12:14. — The recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered 
unto him. 

Ecc. 11:9. — Rejoice O, young man in thy youth and let thy heart 
cheer thee in the days of thy youth and walk in the ways of thine 
heart and in the sight of thine eyes, but know thou that for all these 
things God will bring thee into judgment. 

Ezek. i8;4. — The soul that sinneth it shall die. 

Isa. 45:22. — Look unto Me and be ye saved all the ends of the 
earth. 

Matt. 9:12. — They that be whole need not a physician. 

id. 25:40. — And these shall go away into everlasting punish- 
ment 

Mark 16:16. — He that believeth not shall be damned. 

Luke 5:32. — I came not to call the righteous but sinners to repent- 
ance. 

Luke 13:3. — Except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish. 

Jno. 3:18. — He that believeth not is condemned already because be 
hath not believed in the nam.e of the only begotten Son of God. 

id. 36. — He that beheveth not the Son shall not see life but the 
wrath of God abideth on him. 

Acts 3:19. — Repent ye therefore and be converted that your sins 
may be blotted out. 

Acts 17:30. — God now commandeth all men everywhere to repent. 

Rom. 6:23. — The wages of sin is death. 

Gal. 3:22. — The scripture hath concluded all under sin. 

2 Thess. 1:7, 8. — The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven 
with His mighty angels in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that 
know not God and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Heb. 2:3. — How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation? 

2 Pet. 2:9. — To reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment tobe 
punished. 



FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TOO MANY THINGS TO 
GIVE UP. 

Mark 8:35, 37. — For whosoever will save his life shall lose it, but 
whosoever shall lose his life for My sake the same shall save it. 

For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and 
lose his own soul ? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his 
soul? 

Phi. 3:7, 8. — But what things were gain to me those I counted loss 
for Christ. Yea doubtless and I count all things loss for the excel- 
lency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord for whom I have 
suffered the loss of all things and do count them dung that I may win 
Christ. 

Luke 14:24. — For I say unto you that none of those men which 
were bidden shall taste of My supper. 

Jos. 24:15. — And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose 
ye this day whom ye will serve. But as for me and my house, we 
will serve the Lord. 

Matt. 6:33. — Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteous- 
ness and all these things shall be added unto you. 

Luke 18:24. — How hardly shall they that have riches enter into 
the kingdom of God. 

id. 23.^ — And when the rich ruler heard this he was very sorrow- 
ful for he was very rich. 

Jno. 1:12. — But as many as received Him to them gave He power 
to become the sons of God even to them that beheve on His name. 

Rom. 8:16, 18. — The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit 
that we are the children of God, and if children, then heirs, heirs of 
God and joint heirs with Christ if so be that we suffer with Him that 
we may be also glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings 
of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory 
which shall be revealed in us. 

Heb. 11:24 i<^' 26. — By faith Moses when he was come to years 
refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to 
suffer affliction with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasures of 
sin for a season. Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than 
the treasures in Egypt for he had respect unto the recompense of th^ 
reward. 



TEXTS FOR THOSE WHO THINK THAT THEY * 
ARE TOO GREAT SINNERS TO BE SAVED, 
or for the Penitent, or for those Under Very Deep Con-viction, or for 

the Despondent. 

Isa. i:i8. — Come now and let us reason together salth the Lord. 
Though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as white as snow. 
Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 

Isa. 53:4, 5. — Surely He hath borne our griefs and carried our sor- 
rows yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God and afflicted. But 
He was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our 
iniquities, the chastisement of our peace was upon Him and with His 
stripes we are healed. 

I Peter 2:24.— Who His own self bare our sins in His own body 
on the tree that we being dead to sins should live unto righteousness 
by whose stripes ye were healed. 

Luke 19:10. — For the Son of Man to come to seek and to save 
that which was lost. 

Rom. 5:6, — For when we were yet without strength in due time 
Christ died for the un-Godly. 

Isa. 43:25. — I even I am He that blotteth out thy transgressions 
for Mine own sake and will not remember thy sins. 

id. 44:22. — I have blotted out as a thick cloud thy transgressions 
and as a cloud thy sins. Return unto Me for I have redeemed thee. 

Rev. 22:17. — And the spirit and the bride (the church) say come. 
And let him t\at heareth say come. And let him that is athirst come. 
And whosoe\er will, let him take the water of life freely. 

Exod. 1 2:- 3. — And when I see the blood I will pass over you. 

Lev. 17:11. — For it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the 
soul. 

Psalm 5 :io. — Create in me a clean heart, O, God, and renew a 
right spiri^ within me. 

Isa. 536. — The Lord hath laid on Him (Christ) the iniquity of us all. 

Ezek, 33:11. — As I live saith the Lord God I have no pleasure in 
the deati of the wicked but that the wicked turn from his way and 
live. Turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways for why will ye die ? 

MaA. 9:12. — They that be whole need not a physician, but they 
that ^n sick. 



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id. 11:28, 29. — Come unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy 
laden and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn 
of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart and ye shall find rest unto 
your souls. 

id. 26:28. — This is My blood of the new testament which is shed 
fur many for the remission of sins. 

Luke 5:32. — I came not to call the righteous but sinners to 
repentance. 

id 14:17. — Come for all things are now ready. 

id. 15:2. — This man receiveth sinners. 

id. 15:20. — And he (the prodigal) arose and came to his father. 
But when he was yet a great way off his father saw him and had 
compassion and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. 

Jno. 3:16, 17. — For God so loved the world that He gave His only 
begotten son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but 
have everlasting life. For God sent not His Son into the world to 
condemn the world but that the world through Him might be saved. 

id. 5:21. — He that heareth My word and believeth on Him that 
sent Me hath everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation 
but is passed from death unto life. 

id. 6:37. — Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out. 

id. 7:37. — If any man thirst let him come unto Me and drink. 

id. 10:10. — I am come that they might have life and that they 
might have it more abundantly. 

id. 10:9. — I am the door, by Me if any man enter in lie shall go 
in and out and find pasture. 

Acts 10:43. — Whosoever believeth in Him shall receive remission 
of sins. 

id. J 6:3 1. — Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be 
saved. 

Rom. 5:8. — But God commendeth His love toward us n that while 
we were yet sinners Christ died for us. 

id. 8:1. — There is therefore now no condemnation to tlem which 
are in Christ Jesus. 

id. 10:4. — For Christ is the end of the law for rightecisness to 
ever^y one .that believeth. 

Gal. 3:13. — Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of ^e law, 
being made a curse for us. 

Ep. 1:7. — In whom we have redemption through His blocd the 
forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace. 



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id. 2:8, 9. — For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not 
of yourselves it is the gift of God not of works lest any man should 
boast. ^ 

I Tim. 1:15, 17. — This is a faithful saying and worthy of all accep- 
tation that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom 
I am chief tlowbeit for this cause I obtained mercy that in me first 
Jesus Christ might show forth all long suffering for a pattern to them 
which should hereafter believe on Him to life everlasting. Now unto 
the King Eternal, Immortal, Invisible, the only wise God be honor 
and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 

id. 2:4. — Who (God) will have all men to be saved and to 
come unto the knowledge of the truth. 

Tit. 2:11. — For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath ap- 
peared to all men. 

Fleb. 2:18. — He is able to succour them that are tempted. 

id. 7:25. — Wherefore He is able also to save them to the utter- 
most that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make 
intercession for them. 

id. 8:12. — For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness and 
their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. 

1 Pet. 1:18, 19. — Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things as 
silver and gold. . . . But with the precious blood of Christ, as 
of a lamb without blemish and without spot. 

id. 3:18. — For Christ also hath once suffered for sins the just for 
the unjust, that He might bring us to God. 

2 Pet. 3:9. — God is long suffering to usward, not willing that any 
should perish but that all should come to repentance. 

I Jno. 1:7. — The blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanseth us from 
all sin. 

id. 3:16. — Hereby perceive we the love of God because He laid 
down His life for us. 

id. 4:16. — And we have known and beheved the love that God 
hath to us. God is love. 

id. 4:9, 10. — In this was manifested the love of God toward us 
because that God sent His Only Begotten Son into the world that we 
might live through Him. Herein is love, not that we loved God but 
that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 

id. 19. — We love Him because He first loved us. 

Rev. 5:9. — And they sang a new song, saying : Thou art worthy 
to take the book and to open the seals thereof, for thou wast slain and 



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hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred and 
tongue and people and nation. 

id. 2i:6. — I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of 
the water of life freely. 
TEXTS FOR THOSE WHO HAVE TRIED TO BECOME 

CHRISTIANS BUT WITHOUT SUCCESS, 
or for The Deceived Formalist, or for those who say I Belong to 

Church, &c. 

Je. 29:13. — And ye shall seek Me and find Me when ye shall 
search for Me wdth all your heart. 

Deu. 4:29. — But if from thence thou shall seek the Lord, thy God. 
Thou shall find Him if thou seek Him with all thy heart and with all 
thy soul. 

Rom. 4:5. — But to him that worketh not, but believeth on Him 
that justifieth the un- Godly, his faith is counted for righteousness. 

id. 10:10. — For with the heart man beHeveth unto righteousness. 

Pr. 3:5. — Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto 
thine own understanding. 

Ep, 2:8. — For by grace are ye saved through faith and that not of 
yourselves it is the gift of God. 

Psalm 51:10. — Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a 
right spirit within me. 

Isa. 55:8. — For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are 
your ways My ways, saith the Lord. 

Isa. 64:6. — But w^e are all as an unclean thing, and all our right- 
eousness are as filthy rags. 

Jno. 1:1 1, 12. — He came unto His own and His own received Him 
not. But as many as received Him to them gave He power to be- 
come the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name. 

Acts 4:12. — Neither is there salvation in any other for there is none 
other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be 
saved. 

id. 13:39. — And by Him all that believe are justified from all 
things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. 

id. 20:21. — Testifying .... repentance toward God and 
faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Rom. 3:20. — By the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified 
in His sight. 

id. 4:3. — Abraham believed God and it was counted unto him 
for righteousness. 



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id. 10:3, 4. — For they being ignorant of God's righteousness and 
going about to establish their own righteousness have not submitted 
themselves unto the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of 
the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. 

id. 11:6. — And if by grace then is it no more of works otherwise 
grac^ is no more grace. 

Gal. 2:16. — Knowing that a man is not justified by the 
works of the law but by the faith of Jesus Christ even we have 
beHeved in Jesus Christ that we might be justified by the faith of 
Christ and not by the works of the law, for by the works of the law 
shall no flesh be justified. 

id. 2:21. — If righteousness come by the law then Christ is dead 
in vain. 

id. 3:21. — If there had been a law given which could have given 
life verily righteousness should have been by the law. 

Ep. 2:9. — Not of works lest any man should boast. 

Jam. 2:10. — For whosoever shall keep the whole law and yet offend 
in one point is guilty of all. 

TEXTS FOR THOSE WHO LACK ASSURANCE, 

or for Doubters, or for Doubting Christians, or for those who Say — 

" Hope, Try, No One Can Be Sure." 

Jno. 5:24. — Verily, verily I say unto you, he that heareth My word 
and believeth on Him that sent Me hath everlasting life and shall not 
come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto life. 

id. 6:47. — Verily, verily I say unto you, he that believeth on Me 
hath everlasting life. 

id. 20:30, 31. — And many other signs truly did Jesus in the 
presence of His disciples which are not written in this book. But 
these are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ the Son 
of God and that believing ye might have life through His name. 

1 Jno. 3:2. — Beloved now are we the Son's of God. 

2 Tim. 1:12. — I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that 
He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against 
that day. 

I Jno. 5:13. — These things have I written unto you that believe on 
the name of the Son of God that ye may know that ye have eternal 
life and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. 

id. 5:1. — Whosoever beHeveth that Jesus is the Christ is born 
of God and every one that loveth Him that beg%: loveth him also 
that is begotten of Him, 



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2 Cor. 5:17. — Therefore if any man be in Christ he is a new crea- 
ture, old things are passed away, behold all things are become new. 

Jno. 3:14, 15. — And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilder- 
ness even so must the Son of man be hfted up that whosoever believ- 
eth in Him should not perish but have eternal life. 

id. 3:36. — He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life. 

id. 5:40. — And ye will not come to Me that ye might have life. 

id. 7:17. — If any man will do His will he shall know of the doctrine, 
whether it be of God or whether I speak of myself 

id. 10:28. — And I give unto them eternal life and they shall never 
perish ; neither shall any pluck them out of My hand. 

Acts 13:39. — And by Him (Christ) ail that believe are justified 
from all things. 

id. 16:31. — Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be 
saved. 

Rom. 4:5. — But to him that worketh not but believeth on Him 
that justiiieth the ungodly his faith is counted for righteousness. 

id. 8:1. — There is therefore now no condemnation to them which 
are in Christ Jesus. 

id. 8:31, 32. — If God be for us who can be against us? He that 
spared not His own Son but delivered Him up for us all how shall 
He not with Him also freely give us all things ? 

id. 33. — Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? 
It is God that justifieth. 

id. 34. — Who is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that died, 
yea rather that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God 
who also maketh intercession for us. 

id. 8:35. — Who shall separate us from the love of Christ ? Shall 
tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril 
or sword ? 

id. 37. — Nay in all these things we are more than conquerors 
through Him that loved us. 

id. 38. — For I am persuaded that neither death nor life nor 
angels nor principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to 
come. 

id. 39. — Nor height nor depth nor any other creature shall be 
able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our 
Lord. 

id. 10:9. — If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus 
and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the 
dead thou shalt be saved, ' 



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id. io:io. — For with the heart man beheveth unto righteousness, 
and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 

I Jno. 3:10. — In this the children of God are manifest, and the 
children of the devil ; whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God 
neither he that loveth not his brother. 

id. 14. — We know that we have passed from death unto life 
because we love the brethren. 

id. 24. — And he that keepeth His commandments dwelleth in 
Him and he in Him. And hereby we know that He abideth in us by 
the spirit which He hath given us. 

id. 5:10, 12, — He that believeth on the Son of God hath the 
witness in himself. 

He that hath the Son of God hath life, and he that hath not the 
Son of God hath not life. 

TEXTS FOR THOSE WAITING FOR FEELING INSTEAD 
OF MOVING FORWARD IN OBEDIENCE, 

or for those who Don't Feel that They Are Saved, or for those who 
say—'' If I Felt " &c. 

Acts 10:43. — To Him (Jesus) give all the prophets witness that 
through His name whosoever believeth in Him shall receive remission 
of sins. 

id. 13:38, 39. — Be it known unto you therefore men and brethren 
that through This Man (Jesus) is preached unto you the Forgiveness 
of sins. And by Him all that believe are justified from all things 
from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. 

Jer. 17:9. — The heart is deceitful above all things and desperately 
wicked, who can know it ? 

Jno. 3:18. — He that believeth not is condemned already, because 
he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 

id. 36. — He that believeth not the Son shall not see life, but the 
wrath of God abideth on him. 

Jno. 20:29. — Blessed are they that have not seen and yet have 
believed. 

Psalm 34:8. — O taste and see that the Lord is good ; blessed is the 
man that trusteth in Thee. 

TEXTS FOR SKEPTICAL INQUIRERS 
or for those why say "I Am Peculiar," "I Can't Believe," 

"I Think for Myself" 
Jno. 6:40. — And this is the will of Him that sent Me that every one 



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which seeth the Son and beHeveth on Him may have everlasting life 
and I will raise him up at the last day. 

Psalm 25:14. — The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him, 
and He will show them His covenant. 

Jno. 7:17. — If any man will do His will he shall know of the doctrine 
whether it be of God. 

Psalm 14:1. — The fool hath said in his heart: There is no God. 

Mark 16:16. — He that believeth not shall be damned. 

Jno. 1:14. — And the word was made flesh, and we beheld His 
glory, the glory as of the only begotten ol the Father, full of grace 
and truth. 

id. 8:14. — ^Jesus answered and said unto them: Though I bear 
record of Myself yet My record is true, for I know whence I came 
and whither I go, but ye cannot tell whence I come and whither I go. 

id. 7:17. — If any m^n will do His will he shall know of the doctrine, 
whether it be of God or whether I speak of Myself 

id. 3:36. — He that beHeveth not the Son shall not see life, but the 
wrath of God abideth on him. 

id. 18. — He that believeth not is condemned already, because he 
hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 

id. 5:40. — And ye will not come to Me that ye might ha\'e life. 

id. 6:29. — This is the work of God that ye believe on Him whom 
He hath sent. 

id. 10:37, 38. — If I do not the works of my Father believe Me not. 
But if I do, though ye believe not Me believe the works that ye may 
know and believe that the Father is in Me and I in Him. 

Acts 4:12. — Neither is there salvation in any other for there is 
none other name under heaven gi\'en among men whereby we must 
be saved. 

Rom. 1:21, 22, 28. — Because that when they knew God they glori- 
fied Him not as God, neither were thankful but became vain in their 
imaginations and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing them- 
selves to be wise they became fools. And even as they did not Hke 
to retain God in their knowledge God gave them over to a reprobate 
mind to do those things which are not convenient. 

id. 3:3. — For what if some did not beheve ? Shall their unbeHef 
make the faith of God without effect ? 

id. 14:23. — And he that doubteth is dammed . . . for whatso- 
ever is not of faith is sin. 

2 Thess. 1:7, 8. — The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven 



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with His mighty angels In flaming fire, taking vengeance on them 
that know not God and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

Id. 2:10. — Because they received not the love of the truth that they 
might be saved. 

Heb. 2:3. — How shall we escape If we neglect so great salvation? 

Id. 11:6. — Without faith It Is Impossible to please Him (God) for 
he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He Is a re- 
warder of them that diligently seek Him. 

I Pet. 4:17, 18. — What shall the end be of them that obey not the 
gospel of God ? 

Where shall the ungodly and sinner appear ? 

I Jno. 3:23. — And this is His commandment: That we should 
believe on the name of His Son, Jesus Christ. 

id. 5:9, 10. — If we receive the witness of men the witness of God Is 
greater. 

He that believeth not God hath made Him a liar because he be- 
lie veth not the record that God gave of His Son. 

Rev. 21:8. — But the fearful and unbeHevIng .... shall have 
their part In the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone which is 
the second death. 

TEXTS FOR THOSE WHO STUMBLE AT THE INCON- 
SISTENCIES OF PROFESSORS OF RELIGION, 

or for the "I'm as Good as Others, Hypocrites," or for those who 

say ''If I Can't Be Better than They, 

I Will Not Be a Christian." 

Rom. 14:10-12. — But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why 
dost thou set at naught thy brother ? for we shall all stand before the 
judgment seat of Christ. For it is written : As I live salththe Lord 
every knee shall bow to Me and every tongue shall confess to God. 
So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. 

Jno. 21:21, 22. — Peter seeing him (John) salth to Jesus: Lord 
and what shall this man do ? Jesus saith unto him : If I will that he 
tarry till I come what is that to thee, follow thou Me. 

Matt. 7:1-3. — ^Judge not that ye be not judged. For with what 
judgment ye judge ye shall be judged, and with what measure ye 
mete. It shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou 
the mote that Is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam 
that is in thine own eye. 



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a.-Uh" S,ZltfT "■ °" T -™ble, O, man, whosoever thou 

thS o" fhouthL" r" '^" J"'^^^^' -°*- thou condemnest 
tnysut, loi thou that judgest doest the same things 

.d. 14:3, 4._Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not and 
et not hm. wh.ch eateth not, judge him that eateth, for God haA re 
ce,ved h.m. Who art thou that judgest another man's servant o hi 
ow,. master he standeth or falleth ; yea he shall be holden up, fo God 
1-^ able to make him stand ^ 

Hera'th^l":'"'' ' *^ ^°^' "' ""'' ^'-^^ y^ '^^■•- - Him whom 
,h?'"\t'^'~^f ^°^ '^'' *^' ^'^ wickedness of man was great in 

swe": ^^"^-""^° ^^ -->' knee shall bow, every tongue shall 

Jer. i7:9._The heart is deceitful above all things and desperatelv 
wicked, who can know it ? ucspeiateiy 

id'ri o"';r'^Th ""' ""'" '° ''''' "^" "=''°''''"S to his deeds. 

m. 3^10, i2.--There is none nghteous, no not one. There is none 
that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are 
a.! gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable There 
IS none that doeth good ; no not one. 

1 'a''°1'^^''.T^^^"^ "''" ^°''^ "°' *«= Lord Jesus Christ let him 
o. Anathema Maranatha, (accused or cut off when ^ 

., Vm u " °"' i^w-giverwho is able to save and to de 

su oy. Who art thou that judgest another? 

I Jno. i:io._If we say that we have not sinned we make Him a 
liar and His word is not in us. • 

Jude .i4-i6.-Behold the Lord cometh with ten thousand of His 
saints to execute judgment upon all and to convince all that are 
u,igody among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have 
migodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which un<.odty 
mners have spoken against Him. These are murmurers, com;" j^ 
ers, walking after their own lusts, and their mouths speaking gZt 
swelling words, hav mg men's Dprsnn^ in -,a ■ .■ , 's gieat 
advantage. peisons in admiration because of 



TEXTS FOR PROCRASTINATORS 

or for those who hesitate and say " There is Time Enough Yet," or 

for those who Wait a More Convenient Season, or for the 

Not Now's, or for the Not To-night — showing the time 

to Be Saved and the Danger of Delay. 

Prov. 27:1 — Boast not thyself of to-morrow for thou knowest not 
what a day may bring forth. 

Jas. 4:13, 14, 16, 17. — Go to now ye that say to-day or to-morrow 
we will go into such a city and continue there a year and buy and 
sell and get gain, whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. 
For what is your life ? It is even a vapor that appeareth for a little 
time and then vanisheth away. But now ye rejoice in your boastings, 
all such rejoicing is evil. Therefore to him that knoweth to do good 
and doeth it not, to him it is sin. 

2 Cor. 6:2. — Behold now is the accepted time. Behold now is the 
day of salvation. 

Heb. 3:13.— But exhort one another daily while it is called to-day 
lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 

Is. 1:18. — Come now and let us reason together, saith the Lord. 

Luke 12:19, 20.— And I will say to my soul: Soul thou hast 
much goods laid up for many years, take thine ease, eat, drink and 
be merry. But God said unto him : Thou fool, this night thy 
soul shall be required of thee, then whose shall those things be which 
thou hast provided ? 

Heb. 3:15. — To-day if ye will hear His voice harden not your hearts. 

id. 2:3.— How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation ? 

Jno. 12:35.— Walk while ye have the light. 

Isa. 55:6.— Seek ye the Lord while He may be found. Call upon 
Him while He is near. 

Dan. 5:27.— Thou art weighed in the balances and art found want- 
ing. 

Prov. 29:1.— He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck shall 
suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. 

Acts 26:28.— Almost thou persuadest me to be a christian. 

id. 24:25.-00 thy way for this time, when I have a convenient 
season I will call for thee. 

Gen. 6:3.— My spirit shall not always strive with man. 



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Jos. 24:15. — Choose ye this day whom ye will serv^e. 

Prov. 1:24-31. — Because I have called and ye refused I have 
stretched out My hand and no man regarded. But ye have set at 
naught all My counsel and would none of My reproof, I also 
will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh as 
desolation and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind, when distress 
and anguish come upon you. Then shall they call upon Me, but I 
will not answer ; they shall seek Me early, but they shall not find Me. 
For that they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the 
Lord. They would none of My counsel, they despised all My 
reproof, therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way and be 
filled with their own devices. 

Jer. 8:20. — The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are 
not saved. 

Mat. 24:44, 48-51. — Therefore be ye also ready, for in such an 
hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. But if that evil servant 
shall say in his heart : My Lord delayeth His coming. The Lord 
of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for Him and 
I in an hour that he is not aware of, and shall cut him asunder and 
appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping 
and gnashing of teeth. 

Luke 13:25-27. — When once the Master of the house is risen up 
and hath shut the door and ye begin to stand without and to knock 
at the door saying : Lord, Lord open unto us ! And he shall answer 
and say unto you : I know you not whence ye are. . . . Depart 
from Me all ye workers of iniquity. 

I Thess. 5:2. — The day of the Lord cometh as a thief in the night. 

Heb. 10:37. — For yet a little while and He that shall come will 
come and will not tarry. 

Jas. 5:9.^ — Behold the Judge standeth before the door. 

Rev. 22:10, 20. — The time is at hand. He which testifieth these 
things saith : Surely I come quickly. 

TEXTS FOR THOSE WHO WANT A GOOD TIME. 

Jno. 15:11. — These things have I spoken unto you that my joy 
might remain in you and that your joy might be full. 

Matt. 11:28. — Come unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy laden 
and I will give you rest. 

Jno. 14.27, — Peace I leave with you. My peace I give unto you 
not as the world giveth give I unto you. 



TEXTS FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO COME, 

or for the Enquiring, or for those who Want to Ki^ow How to 
BeHeve, or for the '' I Will Try's." 

Jno. 5:24. — Verily, verily I say unto you he that heareth My word 
and believeth on Him that sent Me hath everlasting life and shall not 
come into condemnation but is passed from death unto life. 

It Is To Receive. — ^Jno. 1:1 1, 12, 29. — He came unto His own (the 
Jews) and His own received Him not. But as many as received Him 
to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them 
that believe on His name. Behold the Lamb of God which taketh 
away the sin of the world. 

It Is To Trust. — Isa. 26:3, 4.^ — Thou wilt keep him in perfect 
peace whose mind is stayed on Thee, because he trusteth in Thee. 

Trust ye in the Lord forever; for in the Lord Jehovah is everlast- 
ing strength. 

It Is To Take. — Rev. 22:17. — And whosoever will, let him take of 
the water of life freely. 

Results of Believing, Joy. — These things have I spoken unto you 
that My joy might remain in you and that your joy might be full. 

Rest. — Matt. 11:28. — Come unto Me all ye that labor and are 
heavy laden and I will give you rest. 

Peace. — ^Jno. 14:27. — Peace I leave with you. My peace I give 
unto you, not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your 
heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 

id. 10:9! — I (Christ) am the door, by Me, if any man enter in, he 
shall be saved, and shall go in and out and find pasture. 

Isa. 63:1. — I (Jesus) mighty to save. 

Jno. 3:16. — For God so loved the world He gave His Only Be- 
gotten Son that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but 
have everlasting life. 

id. 3:36. — He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life. 

Ep. 1:7. — In whom we have redemption through His blood the 
forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace. 

Is. 53:6. — The Lord hath laid on Him ( Jesus) the iniquity of us all. 

Rom. 10:9, 10. — If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord 
Jesus and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from 



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the dead thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man belleveth 
unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto 
salvation. 

Jno. 3:15, i6.-Whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but 
have eternaWife. 

id. 18.— He that believeth is not condemned. 

Isa. 45:22.-Look unto Me and be ye saved, all the ends of the 
earth, for I am God and there is none else. 

id 55:i.--Ho every one that thirsteth come ye to the waters and 
he that hath no money come ye, buy and eat, yea come, buy wine 
and milk without money and without price. 

THE MATCHLESS PROMISE 

Ezek. 36:25-28.-Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you and 
ye shall be clean from all your filthiness, and from all your idols will 
I cleanse you A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit 
will I put withm you. And I will take away the stony heart oui of 
your flesh and I will give you a heart of flesh. And I will put My 
spirit withm you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall 
keep My judgments and do them. ... And ye shall be My 
people and I will be your God. 

Deu 4:29.-But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God 
thou Shalt find Him if thou seek Him with all thy heart and with all 
thy soul. 

Psalm 25:5--Lead me in Thy truth and teach me, for Thou art 
the God of my salvation, on Thee do I wait all the day 

id. 34:8.-0, taste and see that the Lord is good ; blessed is the 
man that trusteth in Thee. 

id. 116:13.-1 will take the cup of salvation and call upon the name 
01 the Lord. 

l^u ^u '' /T""' *"''"' ^ """^ *^' thirsteth, come ye to the waters- 
and he that hath no money come ye, buy and eat, yea come buy 
wine and milk without money and without price 

Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his 
thoughts, and let him return unto the Lord and He will have mercy 
upon him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon 

Matt. ii:28.-Come unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy laden 
and I will give you rest. 

Jno. 6:37--Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out 

Id 40.-And this IS the will of Him that sent Me, that evei^yone 
which seeth the Son may have everlasting life. 



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id. 47. — Verily, verily I say unto you : He that believeth on Me 
hath everlasting life. 

Acts 8:37. — I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 

id. 16:30, 31. — What must I do to ibe saved ? Believe on the Lord 
Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. 

Rom. 4:5. — But to him that worketh not, but believeth on Him 
that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. 

id. 6:23. — The gift of God is eternal life. 

id. 10:13. — For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord 
shall be saved. 

Jno. 14:26. — But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom 
the Father will send in My name ; He shall teach you all things and 
bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you . 

Ep. 1:7. — In whom (Christ) we have redemption, through His blood 
the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His graces. 
TEXTS FOR INQUIRERS WHO HAVE BELIEVED BUT 
SOMETIMES ARE IN DARKNESS, ALL BECAUSE 
THEY HAVE NOT CONFESSED CHRIST. 

Rom. 10:10. — And with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. 

Luke 9:26. — For whosoever shall be asham.ed of Me and of My 
words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed when He shall com.e 
in His own glory and in His Father's and of His holy angels. 

Matt. 10:32. — Whosoever therefore shall confess Me before men 
him also will I confess before My Father, which is in heaven. 

Luke 12:8. — Whosoever shall confess Me before men him shall the 
Son of man also confess before the angels of God. 

TEXTS FOR THOSE WHO ARE AFRAID THAT 
THEY WILL NOT HOLD OUT, 

or for The Can't Hold Outs, or for the Faithless and Faint 
Hearted Ones. 

I Pet. 4:19. — Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will 
of God commit the keeping of their souls to Him in well doing as 
unto a faithful Creator. 

Psalm 121:1, 2. — I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence 
Cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord which made heaven 
and earth. 

Isa. 43:2. — When thou passest through the waters I will be with 
thee, and through the rivers they shall not overflow thee. When thou 
walkest through the fire thou shalt not be burned. Neither shall the 
flame kindle upon thee. 



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1 Cor. 10:13.— There hath no temptation (trials) taken you but 
such as is common to man, but God is faithful, who will not suffer 
you to be tempted (tried) above that ye are able, but will with the 
temptation (trial) also make a way to escape that ye may be able to 
bear it. 

2 Cor. 12:9.— My grace is sufficient for thee, for My strength is 
made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory 
in my infirmities that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 

Heb. 7:25.— Wherefore He is able also to save them to the utter- 
most (or evermore) that come unto God by Him seeing He ever 
liveth to make intercession for them. 

Psalm 1 2 1 :3-8.— He will not suffer thy foot to be moved. He that 
keepeth thee will not slumber. The Lord is thy keeper ; the Lord is 
thy shade upon thy right hand. The Lord shall preserve thee from 
all evil: He shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy 
gomg out and thy coming in from this time forth and even for ever- 
more. 

Jude 24.— Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling and 
to present you faultiess before the presence of His Glory with exceed- 
ing joy. 

Deu. 31:6.— Be strong and of a good courage. Fear not nor be 
afraid of them ; for the Lord thy God He it is that doth go with thee. 
He will not fail thee nor forsake thee. 

Isa. 41:10.— Fear thou not, for I am with thee. Be not dismayed, 
for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee, yea I will help thee, yeJ 
I will uphold thee with the right hand of My righteousness. 

id. 43:1.— Fear not, for I have redeemed thee. I have called thee 
by thy name, thou art Mine. 

2 Ti. 1:12.— For I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded 
that He is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him 
against that day. 

Josh. 1:5.-1 will be with thee, I will not fail thee nor forsake thee. 

Jno. 4:14.— Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him 
shall never thirst, but the water that I shall give him shall be in him 
a well of water sprmging up into everlasting life. 

Isa. 41:13.— For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand 
saymg unto thee : Fear not, I will help thee. 

id. 46:10, 13.— My counsel shall stand and I will do all My plea- 
sure. I brmg near My righteousness, it shall not be far off and My 
salvation shall not tarry, and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel 
My Glory. 



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Jno. 6:40, 47.— And this is the will of Him that sent Me that every- 
one which seeth the Son and believeth on Him may have everlasting 
life. Verily, verily I say unto you : He that believeth on Me hath 
everlasting life. 

id. 10:27-29. — My sheep hear My voice and I know them and they 
follow Me, and I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never 
perish, neither shall any pluck them out of My hand. 

My Father which gave them Me is greater than all, and no man is 
able to pluck them out of My Father's hand. 

Rom. 4:21. — And (Abraham) being fully persuaded that what He 
(God) had promised He was able also to perform. 

id. 8:35, 38, 39. — Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? 
Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, 
or peril, or sword. I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor 
angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things 
to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature shall be able 
to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord. 

2 Cor. 9:8. — And God is able to make all grace abound toward you 
that ye always having all sufficiency in all things may abound in 
every good work. 

Ep. 3:20. — Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly 
above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh 
in us. 

Phi. 1:6. — Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath 
begun a good work in you, will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ. 

Col. 3:3, 4. — Your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, 
who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with Him in 
glory. 

Heb. 2:18. — For in that He Himself hath suffered, being tempted. 
He is able to succor them that are tempted. 

WHEN IN GREAT AFFLICTION 
get some one to read to you or repeat from memory Isaiah 43:1, 2. 

Isa. 43:1, 2. — But now, thus saith the Lord, that created thee : O, 
Jacob, and He that formed thee, O, Israel, Fear not, for I have re- 
deemed thee. I have called thee by thy name, thou art Mine. When 
thou passest through the waters I will be with thee ; and through the 
rivers they shall not overflow thee. When thou walkest through the 
fire thou shalt not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. 

id. 53:7. — -He was oppressed and He was affli6led 

id. 63:9. — In all their aflli6lions He was aflii6led. 

Matt. 8:17. — Himself took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses. 



WHEN YOU ARE IN NEED OF STRENGTH ' 
and are Assailed by the Enemy read • 
Deu 31 6.-Be strong and of a good courage. Fear not nor be 
a ra,d of them for the Lo^ thy God He it is that doth go with thee 
Me will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 

id. 28 7._The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against 
thee to be smitten before thy face; they shall come out against Aee 
one way and flee before thee seven ways. 

Isa. 54:i7.-No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper- 

condemn. This .s the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their 
righteousness is of Me saith the Lord 

'™ 8™%f f ! "T^' ^^ "KE A FLOOD READ: 
Deu. 28.7.-The Lord shal! cause thine enemies that rise up against 
thee to be smitten before thy face ; they shall come out agafnst thee 
one way and fiee before thee seven ways. 

c/Z f ^?7f ,^'" *' '"""^ '^"" ""^^ '" like a flood the Spirit 
of tne Lord shall lift up a standard against him. 

WHEN YOU WANT IVIONEY 
go to Haggai 2:8, and Psalms 374 5 

Lordlf hosK^"'' ''' '''-' " ™"^ ^"'^ *^ ^°1^ '= --. saith the 

Psalm 37:4 5._Delight thyself also in the Lord and He shall ^ive 

thee the desires of thine heart. Commit thy way unto the Li^d 

trust also in Him and He shall bring it to pass. ' 

WHEN YOU SEEK PROSPERITY 

take Joshua 1:8, 9. 

Josh. 1:8, 9.- This book of the law shall not deoart nut r.f .1 

-.uth but thou Shalt meditate therein day and night that the mayS 

ooserve to do according to all that is written therdn. For then thou 

Hat::rirm^xrTrsttrrdr"T- 

.ot afraid^ neither be thou discou^a^r^^^^^^^^ 
tiiee whithersoever thou goest 

^^^^Psahn42:„._Who (God) -is the health of my countenance and 
■ I Chron. 29: 1 2.-Both riches and honor come of Thee. 



WHEN MANY DUTIES CALL FOR YOUR ATTENTION 

and you feel especially weak 2 Corinthians 9:8 always gives the 

needed grace. 

2 Cor. 5:8. — And God is able to make all grace abound toward you 
that ye always having all sufficiency in all things may abound to every 
good work. 

WHEN YOUR WAY IS HEDGED UP 
and you are Blind as to Duty Isaiah 42:16 is like a rift in the clouds. 

Isa. 42:16. — And I will bring the blind by a way they knew not. 
I will lead them in paths they have not known ; I will make darkness 
light before them and crooked things straight. These things will I 
do unto them and not forsake them. 

DO YOU NEED HELP WHEN TEMPTED, 
I Corinthians 10:13 never fails. 

I Cor. 10:13. — There hath no temptation taken you but such as is 
common to man, but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be 
tempted above that ye are able, but will with the temptation also 
make a way to escape that ye may be able to bear it. 

Heb. 2:18. — For in that He (Christ) Himself hath suffered being 
tempted, He is able to succor them that are tempted. 
DO YOU NEED COMFORTING, 
read the Comfort Chapter John 16:22-33. 

22. — And ye now therefore have sorrow but I will see you again, 
and your heart shall rejoice and your joy no man taketh from you. 

23. — And in that day ye shall ask Me nothing. Verily, verily I 
say unto you : Whatsoever ye shall ask the leather in My name He 
will give you. 

24. — Hitherto have ye asked nothing in My name. Ask and ye 
shall receive, that your joy may be full. 

25. — These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs, but the 
time Cometh when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I 
shall show you plainly of the Father. 

26. — At that day ye shall ask in My name and I say not unto you 
that I will pray the Father for you. 

27. — For the Father Himself loveth you because ye have loved Me 
and have believed that I came out from God. 



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28. — I came forth from the Father and I am come into the world; 
again I leave the world and go to the Father. 

29. — His disciples said unto Him : Lo now speakest thou plainly 
and speakest no proverb. 

30. — Now are we sure that Thou knowest all things and needest 
not that any man should ask Thee, by this we believe that Thou 
com est forth from God. 

31. — ^Jesus answered them : Do ye now beheve? 

32. — Behold the hour cometh, yea is now come, that ye shall be 
scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave Me alone and yet I 
am not alone, because the Father is with Me. 

33. — These things I have spoken unto you that in Me ye might 
have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation, but be ye of 
good cheer, I have overcome the world. 

DO YOU NEED COMFORTING, READ: 

Isa. 26:3, 4. — Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is 
stayed on Thee. 

Trust ye in the Lord forever, for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting 
strength. 

Heb. 13:5. — I will never leave thee nor forsake thee. 
DO YOU NEED WISDOM? 
Read the Wisdom Chapter, Proverbs 3rd. 

I. — My Son forget not My law, but let thine heart keep My com- 
mandments. 

2. — For length of days and long life and peace shall they add to 
thee. 

3. — Let not mercy and truth forsake thee ; bind them about thy 
neck, write them upon the table of thine heart. 

4. — So shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of 
God and man. 

5- — Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine 
own understanding. 

6. — In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy 
paths. 

7. — Be not wise in thine own eyes, fear the Lord and depart from 
evil. 

8. — It shall be health to thy navel and marrow to thy bones. 
9.— Honor the Lord with thy substance and with the first fruits 01 
all thine increase. 



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lo. — So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall 
burst out with new wine. 

II. — My son despise not the chastening of the Lord, neither be 
weary of His correction. 

12. — For whom the Lord loveth He correcteth, even as a father the 
son in whom he delighteth. 

13. — Happy is the man that findeth wisdom and the man that 
getteth understanding. 

14. — For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise 01 
silver and the gain thereof than fine gold. 

15. — She is more precious than rubies and all the things thou canst 
desire are not to be compared with her. 

16. — Length of days is in her right hand and in her left hand riches 
and honor. 

17. — Her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are peace. 

18. — She is a tree of life to them that lay hold uporrher, and happy 
is every one that retaineth her. 

19. — The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth, by understand- 
ing hath He established the heavens. 

20. — By His knowledge the depths are broken up and the clouds 
drop down the dew, 

21. — My son let not them depart from thine eyes, keep sound 
wisdom and discretion. 

22. — So shall they be life unto thy soul and grace to thy neck. 

23. — Then shalt thou walk in thy ways safely and thy foot shall 
not stumble. 

24. — When thou liest down thou shalt not be afraid, yea thou shalt 
lie down and thy sleep shall be sweet. 

25. — Be not afraid of sudden fear neither of the desolation of the 
wicked when it cometh. 

26. — For the Lord shall be thy confidence and shall keep thy foot 
from being taken. 

27. — Withhold not good from them to whom it is due when it is in 
the power of thine hand to do it. 

28. — Say not unto thy neighbor : Go and come again, and to- 
morrow I will give when thou hast it by thee. 

29. — Devise not evil against thy neighbor seeing that he dwelleth 
secretly by thee. 

39. — Strive not with a man without cause if he have done thee no 
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31. — Envy not the oppressor and choose none of his ways. 

32. — For the forward is abomination to the Lord but His secret is 
with the righteous. 

33. — The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked, but He 
blesseth the habitation of the just. 

34. — Surely He scorneth the scorners but He giveth grace unto 
the lowly. 

35. — The wise shall inherit glory but shame shall be the promotion 
of fools. 

DO YOU WANT ASSURANCE THAT YOU ARE SAVED ? 
John 5:24 and i Jno. 5:13 will answer you. 

John 5:24. — Verily, verily I say unto you: He that heareth My 
word and believeth on Him that sent Me hath everlasting life and 
shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto life. 

I John 5:13. — These things have I written unto you that believe on 
the name of the Son of God that ye m.ay know that ye have eternal 
life and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. 
WHEN YOU ARE WEAK 
read the Rock Chapter Deuteronomy 32d. 

I. — Give ear, O, ye heavens, and I will speak, and hear, O, earth, 
the words of My mouth. 

2. — My doctrine shall drop as the rain ; My speech shall distil as 
the dew as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers 
upon the grass. 

3. — Because I will publish the name of the Lord ascribe ye great- 
ness unto our God. 

4. — He is the rock, His work is perfect, for all His ways are judg- 
ment a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is He. 

5. — They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of 
His children, they are a perverse and crooked generation. 

6. — Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise ? Is 
not He thy father that hath bought thee ? Hath He not made thee 
and established thee ? 

7. — Remember the days of old, consider the years of many genera- 
tions ; ask thy father and he will shew thee thy elders and they will 
tell thee. 

8. — When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, 
when He separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the people 
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9. — For the Lord's portion is His people, Jacob is the lot of His 
inheritance. 

ID. — He found him in a desert land and in the waste howling 
wilderness. He led him about ; He instructed him ; He kept him as 
the apple of His eye. 

II. — As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, 
spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings. 

12. — So the Lord alone did lead him and there was no Strange God 
with him. 

13. — He made him ride upon the high places of the earth that he 
might eat the increase of the field, and He made him to suck honey 
out of the rock and oil out of the flinty rock. 

14. — Butter of kine and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs and rams 
of the breed of Bashau, and goats with the fat of kidneys of wheat, and 
thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape. 

15. — But Jeshurun waxed fat and kicked ; thou art waxen fat, thou 
art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness, then he forsook God 
which made him and lightly esteemed the rock of his salvation. 

16. — They provoked Him to jealousy with strange gods, with 
abominations provoked they Him to anger. 

17. — They sacrificed unto devils not to God; to gods whom they 
knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared 
not. 

18. — Of the rock that begat thee thou art unmindful and hast for- 
gotten God that found thee. 

19. — And when the Lord saw it He abhorred them because of the 
provoking of His sons and of His daughters. 

20. — And He said I will hide My face from them, I will see what 
their end shall be, for they are a very forward generation children in 
whom is no faith. 

21. — They have moved Me to jealousy with that which is not God ; 
they have provoked Me to anger with their vanities and I will move 
them to jealousy with those which are not a people ; I will provoke 
them to anger with a foolish nation. 

22. — For a fire is kindled in Mine anger and shall burn unto the 
lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on 
fire the foundations of the mountains. 

23. — I will heap mischief upon them ; I will spend Mine arrows 
upon them. 

24. — They shall be burnt with hunger and devoured with burning 



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heat, and with bitter destruction. I will also send the teeth of beasts 
upon them with the poison of serpents of the dust. 

25. — The sword without and the terror within shall destroy both 
the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray 
hairs. 

26. — I said I would scatter them into corners, I would make the 
remembrance of them to cease from among men. 

27. — Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their 
adversaries should behave themselves strangely and lest they should 
say : Our hand is high and the Lord hath not done all this. 

28. — For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any 
understanding in them. 

29. — O, that they were wise, that they understood this, that they 
would consider their latter end ! 

30. — How should one chase a thousand and two put ten thousand 
to flight except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut 
them up ? 

31. — For Their Rock is not as Our Rock, even our enemies them- 
selves being jndges._ 

WHEN DESPONDENT 

read the 14th Chapter of John and Isaiah 35th. And thus the Word 

will become Sweeter to You than Honey in the Honey Comb. 
John 14th Chapter 1-27. 

I. — Let not your heart be troubled, ye believe in God believe also 
in Me. 

2. — In My Father's House are many mansions ; if it were not so I 
would have told you ; I go to prepare a place for you. 

3. — And if I go and prepare a place for you I will come again and 
receive you unto Myself that where I am there ye may be also. 

4. — And whither I go ye know and the way ye know. 

5. — Thomas saith unto Him : Lord we know not whither Thou 
goest and how can we know the way ? 

6.— Jesus saith unto him : I am the way, the truth and the life, no 
man cometh unto the Father but by Me. 

7. — If ye had known Me ye should have known my Father also, 
and from henceforth ye have known Him and have seen Him. 

8. — Philip saith unto Him : Lord show us the Father and it 
sufficeth us. 

9. — ^Jesus saith unto him ; Have I been so long time with you and 



yet hast thou not known Me Philip ? He that hath seen Me hath 
seen the Father and how sayest thou then shew us the Father ? 

ID. — BeHevest thou not that I am in the Father and the Father* in 
Me ? The words that I speak unto you I speak not of Myself but 
the Father that dwelleth in Me, He doeth the works. 

II. — BeHeve Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or 
else believe Me for the very works sake. 

12. — Verily, verily I say unto you : He that believeth on Me the 
works that I do shall he do also, and greater works than these shall 
he do, because I go unto My Father. 

13. — And whatsoever ye shall ask in My name that will I do that 
the Father may be glorified in the Son. 

14. — If ye shall ask anything in My name I will do it. 

15. — If ye love Me keep My commandments. 

16. — And I will pray the Father and He shall give you another 
Comforter that He may abide with you forever. 

17. — Even the Spirit of truth whom the world cannot receive be- 
cause it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him ; but ye know Him for 
He dwelleth with you and shall be in you. 

18. — I will not leave you comfortless. I will come to you. 

19. — Yet a little while and the world seeth Me no more, but ye see 
Me because I live ye shall live also. • 

20. — At that day ye shall know that I am in My Father and ye in 
Me, and I in you. 

21. — He that hath My commandments and keepeth them he it is 
that loveth Me, and he that loveth Me shall be loved of My Father 
and I will, love him and will manifest Myself to him. 

22. — ^Judas salth unto Him, not Iscariot, Lord how is It that Thou 
wilt manifest Thyself unto us and not unto the world ? 

23. — ^Jesus answering said unto him : If a man love Me he will 
keep My words and My Father will love him, and we will come unto 
him and make our abode with Him. 

24. — He that loveth Me not, keepeth not My sayings and the word 
which ye hear is not Mine but the Father's, which sent Me. 

25. — These things have I spoken unto you, being present with you. 
26. — But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the 
Father will send In My name. He shall teach you all things and bring- 
all things to your remembrance whatsoever I have said unto you. 

27. — Peace, I leave with you My peace, I give unto you, not as 
the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, 
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Isaiah 35TH. 

i. — The wilderness and the sohtary place shall be glad for them, 
a id the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose. 

2. — It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice even with joy and 
singing, the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of 
Cannel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord and the ex- 
cellency of our God. 

3. — Strengthen ye the weak hands and confirm the feeble knees. 
Say to them that are of a fearful heart : Be strong, fear not, behold 
your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense. 

5. — He will come and save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall 
be opened and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. 

6. — Then shall the lame leap as a hart and the tongue of the dumb 
sing for in the wilderness shall waters break out and streams in the 
desert. 

7. — And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty 
land springs of water, in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, 
shall be grass with reeds and rushes. 

8. — A highway shall be there and a way and it shall be called The 
Way of Holiness, the unclean shall not pass over it but it shall be for 
those the way faring men, though fools shall not err therein. 

9. — No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up there, 
it shall not be found there, but the redeemed shall walk there. 

10. — And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion 
with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads ; they shall obtain 
j jy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. 

Psalm 70:4. — Let all those that see Thee rejoice and be glad in 
Thee, and let such as love Thy salvation say continually : Let God be 
magnified. 

id. 71:24. — My tongue also shall talk of Thy righteousness all the 
d ly long, for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame 
t lat seek my hurt. 

Isa. 41:10-13. — Fear thou not, for I am with thee. Be not dismay- 
e i, for I am thy God. For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right 
hind, saying unto thee : Fear not, I will help thee. 

id. 49:15, 16. — I will not forget thee. Behold I have graven thee 
u )on the palms of My hands. 

WHEN CHARACTER IS YOUR THEME 
the chapter to read is Job 29. 

I,— Moreover Job continued his parable and said : 



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2. — Oh that I were as In months past, as in the days when God 
preserved me. 

3. — When His candle shined upon my head, and when by His 
hght I walked through darkness. 

4. — As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was 
upon my tabernacle. 

5. — When the Almighty was yet with me. when my children were 
about me. 

6. — When I washed my steps with butter and the rock poured me 
out rivers of oil. 

7. — When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared 
my seat in the street. 

8. — The young men saw me and hid themselves and the aged 
arose and stood up. 

9. — The princes refrained talking and laid their hand on their 
mouth. 

10. — The nobles held their peace and their tongue cleaved to the 
roof of their mouth. 

II. — When the ear heard me then it blessed me, and when the eye 
saw me it gave witness to me. 

12. — Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless and 
him that had none to help him. 

13. — The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me 
and I caused the widows heart to sing for joy. 

14. — I put on righteousness and it clothed me; my judgment was 
as a robe and a diadem. 

15. — I was eyes to the blind and feet was I to the lame. 

16. — I was a father to the poor and the cause which I knew not. 

17. — I searched out and I brake the jaws of the wicked and pluck- 
ed the spoil out of his teeth. 

18. — Then I said I shall die in my nest and I shall multiply my 
days as the sand. 

19. — My root was spread out by the waters and the dew lay all 
night upon my branch. 

20. — My glory was fresh in me and my bow was renewed in my 
hands. 

21. — Unto me men gave ear and waited and kept silence at my 
counsel. 

22. — After my words they spake not again and my speech dropped 
upon them. 



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23- — And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their 
mouth wide as for the latter rain. 

24. — If I laughed on them they beHeved it not and the light of my 
countenance they cast not down. 

25. — I chose out their way and sat chief and dwelt as a king in the 
army as one that comforteth the mourners. 

Psalm 71:8. 

Psalm 7 1:8. — Let my mouth be filled with Thy praise and with Thy 
honor all the day. 

WHEN TIRED 

read the Rest Chapter Hebrews 4. 

I. — Let us therefore fear lest a promise being left us of entering 
into His Rest any of you should seem to come short of it. 

2. — For unto us was the gospel preached as well as unto them, but 
the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in 
them that heard. 

3. — For we which have believed do enter into Rest as He said : 
As I have sworn in My wrath if they shall enter into My Rest although 
the works were finished from the foundation of the world. 

4. — For He spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this 
wise : And God did Rest the seventh day from all His works. 

5. — And in this place again : If they shall enter into My Rest. 

6. — Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein and 
they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief. 

7. — Again He limiteth a certain day, saying, in David: To-day, 
after so long a time as it is said. To-day if ye will hear His voice 
harden not your hearts. 

8. — For if Joshua had given them Rest, then would He not have 
spoken of another day. 

g. — There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 

10. — For he that is entered into his Rest he also hath ceased from 
his own works as God did from His. 

II. — Let us labor therefore to enter into that Rest lest any man fall 
after the same example of unbelief 

12. — For the word of God is quick and powerful and sharper than 
any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul 
and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the 
thoughts and intents of the heart. 

13. — Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight 



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but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom 
we have to do. 

14. — Seeing then that we have a great high priest that is passed 
into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our 
profession. 

15. — For we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with 
the feeling of our infirmities but was in all points tempted like as we 
are, yet without sin. 

16. — Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace that we 
may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. 

Isa. 40:29-31. — He (God) giveth power to the faint and to them 
that have no might He increaseth strength. They that wait upon 
the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings 
as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not 
faint. 

Matt. 11:28. — Come unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy laden 
and I will give you rest. 

IF YOU FIND YOURSELF GROWING COLD AND 

INDIFFERENT 

read the Duty Chapter of the Bible, Ezekiel 33:1-20. 

I. — Again the word of the Lord came unto me saying : 

2. — Son of man speak to the children of thy people and say unto 
them : When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land 
take a man of their coasts and set him for their watchman. 

3. — If when he seeth the sword come upon the land he blow the 
trumpet and warn the people. 

4. — Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet and taketh 
not warning — if the sword come and take him away, his blood shall 
be upon his own head. 

5. — He heard the sound of the trumpet and took not warning, 
his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver 
his own soul. 

6. — But if the watchman see the sword come and blow not the 
trumpet and the people be not warned. If the sword come and take 
any person from among them he is taken away in his iniquity but his 
blood will I require at the watchman's hand. 

7. — So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the 
house of Israel, therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth and 
warn them from me. 

8,^:rWhen I say unto the wicked : O, wicked man, thou shalt 



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surely die if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, 
that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require 

at thine hand. 

9. — Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from 
it if he do not turn from his way he shall die in his iniquity, but thou 
hast delivered thy soul. 

10. — Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel. 
Thus ye speak, saying : If our transgressions and our sins be upon 
us and we pine away in them, how should we then live? 

1 1 . — Say unto them : As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no 
pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his 
w^ay and live ; turn ye, turn ye from your evil w^ays, for w^hy will ye 
die, O house of Israel ? 

12. — Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy 
people : The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in 
the day of his transgression, as for the wickedness of the wicked he 
shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness, 
neither shall the righteous be able to live, for his righteousness in the 
day that he sinneth. When I say to the righteous that he shall surely 
live if he trust to his ow^n righteousness and commit iniquity all his 
righteousness shall not be remembered, but for his iniquity that he 
hath committed he shall die for it. 

14. — Again, when I say unto the wicked : Thou shalt surely die 
if he turn from his sin and do that which is lawful and right. 

15. — If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had 
robbed, walk in the statutes of life without committing iniquity, he 
shall surely live ; he shall not die. 

16. — None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned 
unto him, he hath done that which is lawful and right he shall surely 
live. 

17. — Yet the children of thy people say : The way of the Lord is 
not equal, but as for them their way is not equal 

18. — When the righteous turneth from his righteousness and com- 
mitteth iniquity, he shall even die thereby. 

19- — But if the wicked turn from his wickedness and do that which 
is lawful and right he shall live thereby. 

20. — Yet ye sa^ : The way of the Lord is not equal. O, ye house 
of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways. 
Also Read the Tonic Chapter with its Beef, Wine and Iron 
FOR The Soul, Psalm 27. 

I.— The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear? 



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The Lord is the strength of my hfe, of whom shall I be afraid?' 

2. — When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon ■ 
me to eat up my flesh they stumbled and fell. 

3. — Though a host should encamp against me, my heart shall not 
fear ; though war should rise against me in this will I be confident. 

4. — One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after, 
that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life to 
behold the beauty of the Lord and to inquire in His temple. 

5. — For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion, in 
the secret of His tabernacle shall He hide me ; He shall set me up 
upon a rock. 

6. — And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies 
round about me, therefore will I offer in His tabernacle sacrifices of 
joy, I will sing, yea I will sing praises unto the Lord. 

7. — Hear O Lord, when I cry with my voice, have mercy also 
upon me, and answer me. 

8. — When thou saidst : Seek ye My face, my heart said unto Thee : 
Thy face Lord will I seek. 

9. — Hide not Thy face far from me, put not Thy servant away in 
anger, Thou hast been my help, leave me not, neither forsake me O 
God of my salvation. 

10. — When my father and my mother forsake me then the Lord 
will take me up. 

II. — Teach me Thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path 
because of mine enemies. 

12. — Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies, for false 
witnesses are risen up against me and such as breathe out cruelty. 

13. — I had fainted unless I had believed to see the goodness of the 
Lord in the land of the living. 

14. — Wait on the Lord, be of good courage and He shall strength- 
en thine heart. Wait I say upon the Lord. 
THE CONVERT'S CHAPTER FOR BABES IN CHRIST 

Isaiah 12. 

I. — i\nd in that day thou shalt say : O Lord, I will praise Thee, 
though Thou wast angry with me. Thine anger is turned away and 
Thou comfortest me. 

2. — Behold God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid, for 
the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song. He also is become 
my salvation. 

3. — Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of sal- 
vation. 



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4^ — And in that day shall ye say Praise the Lord, call upon His 
Name, declare His doings among the people, make mention that His 
Name is exalted. 

5. — Sing unto the Lord for He hath done excellent things, this is 
known in all the earth. 

6. — Cry out and shout thou inhabitant of Zion for great is the Holy 
One of Israel in the midst of thee. 

THE CHAPTERS OF BLESSINGS. 

Deuteronomy 28 and Matthew 5. 

Deut. 28. 

I . — And it shall come to pass if thou shall hearken diligently unto 
the voice of the Lord thy God to observe and to do all His com- 
mandmcQts which I command thee this day that the Lord thy. God 
will set thee on high, above all nations of the earth. 

2. — And all these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee 
if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. 

3. — Blessed shalt thou be in the city and blessed shalt thou be in 
the field. 

4. — Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy 
ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the 
flocks ot thy sheep. 

5. — Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. 

6. — Blessed shall thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt 
thou be when thou goest out. 

7. — The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to 
be smitten before thy face, they shall come out against thee one way 
and flee before thee seven ways, 

8. — The Lord shall command the blessing upon thee in thy store- 
houses and in all that thou settest thine hand unto, and He shall bless 
thee in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 

g. — The Lord shall establish thee a holy people unto Himself as 
He hath sworn unto thee if thou shalt keep the commandments of the 
Lord thy God and walk in His ways. 

10. — And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by 
the name of the Lord and they shall be afraid of thee. 

II. — And the Lord shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit 
of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy 
ground in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give 
thee. 

12. — The Lord shall open unto thee His good treasure, the Heaven, 



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to give the rain unto thy land in his season and to bless all the work 
of thine hand and thou shalt lend unto many nations and thou shalt 
not borrow. 

1 3. — And the Lord shall make thee the head and not the tail, and 
thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath if that thou 
hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God which I com- 
mand thee this day to observe and to do them. 

Matthew 5:1-12. 

I. — And seeing the multitudes Jesus went up into a mountain and 
when he was set His disciples came unto Him. 

2. — And He opened His mouth and taught them, saying: 

3. — Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven, 

4. — Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. 

5. — Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. 

6. — Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteous- 
ness, for they shall be filled. 

7. — Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. 

8. — Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. 

9. — Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the chil- 
dren of God. 

10. — Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake, 
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 

II. — Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you 
and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for My sake. 

12. — Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in 
heaven, for so pereecuted they the prophets which were before you. 
THE LOVE CHAPTER 
is I Corinthians 13. 

I. — Though I speak with the tongues of men and ot angels and 
have not love I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbol. 

2. — And though I have the gift of prophecy and understand all 
mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith so that I 
could remove mountains and have not love I am nothing. 

3. — And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and 
though I give my body to be burned and have not love, it profiteth 
me nothing. 

4. — Love suffereth long and is kind ; love envieth not ; love vaunt- 
eth not itself, is not puffed up. . 

5. — Doth not behave itself unseemty, seeketh not her own, is not 
easily provoked, thinketh no evil. 



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6. — Rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth. 

7. — Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, 
eudureth all things. 

8. — Love never faileth, but v/hether there be prophecies they shall 
fill, whether there be tongues they shall cease, whether there be 
knowledge it shall vanish away. 

9.— For we know in part and we prophesy in part. 

10. — But when that which is perfect is come then that which is in 
p irt shall be done away. 

1 1 . —When I was a child I spake as a child, I understood as a 
c lild, I thought as a child, but when I became a man I put away 
c'lildish things. 

12. — For now we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face ; 
n jw I know^ in part, but then shall I know even as also I am known. 

13. — And now abideth faith, hope, Love, these three; but the 
greatest of them is Love. 

THE CHAPTER FOR HYPOCRITES 
is Matthew 23 : 1-33. 
I. — Then spake Jesus to the multitude and to Llis disciples, saying : 

2. "The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. 

3. —All therefore, whatsoever they bid you obser\'e, observe and 
do, but do not ye after their works, for they say and do not. 

4. - For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and 
lay them on men's shoulders, but they themselves will not move them 
with one of their fingers. 

5. — But all their works they do for to be seen of men ; they make 
broad their phylacteries and enlarge the borders of their garments. 

6. And love the uppermost rooms at feasts and the chief seats in 
the synagogues. 

7. —And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men Rabbi, 
Rabbi, (Master.) 

8. —But be ye not called Rabbi, for one is your Master even Christ, 
and all ye are brethren. 

9.— And call no man your father upon the earth, for one is your 
r ather which is in heaven. 

10. —Neither be ye called masters, for one is your Master, Christ. 

1 1. —But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. 

12.— And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased, and he 
that shall humble himself shall be exalted. 

13.— But woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye 



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shut up the kingdom of heaven against men, for ye neither go in 
yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. 

14. — Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye de- 
vour widows houses and for a pretense make long prayers, therefore 
ye shall receive the greater condemnation. 

15. — Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye com- 
pass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made ye 
make him two-fold more the child of hell than yourselves. 

16. — Woe unto you, ye Blind Guides, which say •.•whosoever shall 
swear by the temple it is nothing ; but whosoever shall swear by the 
gold of the temple he is a debtor. 

17.— Ye fools and blind, for whether is greater the gold or the tem- 
ple that sanctifieth the gold ? 

18.— And whosoever shall swear by the altar it is nothing, but 
whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. 

19.— Ye Fools and Blind, for whether is greater, the gift or the 
altar that sanctifieth the gift ? 

20. — Whoso, therefore, shall swear by the altar sweareth by it and 
by all things thereon. 

21. — And whoso shall swear by the temple sweareth by it and by 
Him that dwelleth therein. 

22. — And he that shall swear by heaven sweareth by the throne of 
God and by Him that sitteth thereon. 

23. — Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye pay 
tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier 
matters of the law ; judgment, mercy and faith, these ought ye to have 
done and not to leave the other undone. 

24. — Ye blind guides which strain at a gnat and swallow a camel. 

25. — Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye make 
clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full 
of extortion and excess. 

26. — Thou blind Pharisee cleanse first that which is within the cup 
and platter that the outside of them ma}/ be clean also. 

27. — Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are 
like unto whited sepulchres which indeed appear beautiful outward 
but are within full of dead men's bones and of all uncleanness. 

28. — Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but 
within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 

29. — Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because ye 
build the tombs of the prophets and garnish the sepulchres of the 
righteous. 



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30. — And say : If we had been In the days of our fathers we could 
not have been partakers with them In the blood of the prophets. 

31. — Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves that ye are the 
children of them which killed the prophets. 

32. — Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 

33. — Ye serpents, ye generations of vipers^ how can ye escape the 
condemnation of hell ? 

FAITH AND WORK CHAPTER. 
Those who have Faith and no Work read James 2:14-26. 

14.— What doth It profit my brethren though a man say he hath 
faith and have not works, can faith save him ? 

15.— If a brother or sister be naked and destitute of dally food 

16. — And one of you say unto him : Depart in peace, be ye warmed 
and filled, notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are 
needful to the body, what doth It profit ? 

17. — Even so faith if it hath not works is dead, being alone. 

18. — Yea a man may say : Thou hast faith and I have works, shew 
me thy faith without thy works and I will shew thee my faith by my 
works. 

19. — Thou bellevest that there Is one God thou doest well ; the devils 
also believe and tremble. 

20. — But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is 
dead? 

21. — Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had 
offered Isaac, his son, upon the altar ? 

22. — Seest thou how faith wrought with his works and by works 
was faith made perfect ? 

23. — And the scripture was fulfilled which saith Abraham believed 
God, and It was imputed unto him for righteousness, and he was 
called The Friend of God. 

24. — Ye see then how that by works a man Is justified and not by 
faith only. 

25. — Likewise also was not Rahab, the harlot, justified by works 
when she had received the messengers and had sent them out another 
way ? 

26. — For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without 
works is dead also. 

THE LOST AND FOUND CHAPTER 
is Luke 15. 

I.— Then drew near unto Him (Jesus) all the publicans and sinners 
for to hear Him. 



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2. — And the Pharisees and Scribes murmured, saying : This man 
receiveth sinners and eateth with them. 

3. — And He spake this parable unto them, saying : 

4. — What man of you having a hundred sheep if he lose one of 
them doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness and go after 
that which is lost until he find it ? 

5* — And when he hath found it he layeth it on his shoulders 
rejoicing. 

6. — And when he cometh home he calleth together his friends and 
neighbors, saying unto them : Rejoice with me for I have found my 
sheep which was lost. 

7. — I say unto you that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one 
sinner that repenteth more than over ninety and nine just persons 
which need no repentance. 

8. — Either what woman having ten pieces of silver if she lose one 
piece doth not light a candle and sweep the house and seek diligently 
till she find it. 

9. — And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her 
neighbors together, saying : Rejoice with me, for I have found the 
piece which I had lost. 

10. — Likewise I say unto you there is joy in the presence of the 
angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. 

II. — And He said : A certain man had two sons. 

12. — And the younger of them said to his father: Father give me 
the portion of goods that falleth to me ; and he divided unto them his 
living. 

13. — And not many days after the younger son gathered all to- 
gether and took his journey into a far country and there wasted his 
substance with riotous living. 

14. — And when he had spent all there arose a mighty famine in that 
land, and he began to be in want. 

15. — And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country, 
and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. 

16. — And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that 
the swine did eat, and no mian gave unto him. 

17. — And when he came to himself he said: How many hired 
servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish 
with hunger! 

18. — I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him ; 
Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee. 



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1 9- — And am no more worthy to be called thy son, make m.e as 
one of thy hired servants. 

20. — And he arose and came to his father. But when he was yet 
a great way off his father saw him and had compassion and ran and 
fell on his neck and kissed him. 

21. — And the son said unto him: Father I have sinned against 
heaven and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. 

22. — But the father said to his servants : Bring forth the best robe 
and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet. 

23, — And bring hither the fatted calf and kill it, and let us eat and 
be merry ; for this my son was dead and is alive again ; he was lost 
and is found. And they began to be merry. 

25. — Now his elder son was in the field and as he came and drew 
nigh to the house he heard music and dancing. 

26. — And hQ called one of the servants and asked what these things 
meant. 

27. — And he said unto him : Thy brother is come and thy father 
hath killed the fatted calf because he hath received him safe and sound. 

28. — And he was angry and would not go in, therefore came his 
father out and entreated him. 

29. — And he answering said to his father : Lo these many years do 
I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment, 
and yet thou never gavest me a kid that I might make merry with 
my friends. 

30. — But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured 
thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. 

31. — And he said unto him : Son, thou art ever with me, and all 
that I have is thine. 

32. — It was meet that we should make merry and be glad, for this 
thy brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found. 

' THE TOPLESS CHAPTER 

is Job 38. 

I. — Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said : 

2. — Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowl- 
edge? 

3. — Gird up now thy loins like a man for I will demand of thee and 
answer thou Me. 

4. — Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth ? 
declare if thou hast understandino^. 



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5- — Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest ? or who 
hath stretched the Hne upon it ? 

6. — Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened ? or who laid 
the corner stone thereof. 

7. — When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God 
shouted for joy ? 

8. — Or who shut up the sea with doors when it brake forth as if it 
had issued out of the womb ? 

9. — When I made the cloud the garment thereof and thick dark- 
ness a swaddling band for it. 

10. — And brake up for it My decreed place and set bars and doors. 

II. — And said : Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; and 
here shall thy proud waves be stayed ? 

12. — Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days, and 
caused the dayspring to know his place 

13. — That it might take hold of the ends of the earth that the 
wicked might be shaken out of it ? 

14. — It is turned as clay to the seal and they stand as a garment. 

15. — And from the wicked their light is withholden and the high 
arm shall be broken. 

16. — Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou 
walked in the search of the depth ? 

17. — Have the gates of death been opened unto thee ? or hast thou 
seen the doors of the shadow of death ? 

18. — Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth ? declare if thou 
knowest it all. 

19. — Where is the way where light dwelleth ? and as for darkness, 
where is the place thereof 

20. — That thou shouidest take it to the bound thereof, and that 
thou shouidest know the paths to the house thereof? 

21. — Knowest thou it because thou wast then born? or because 
the number of thy days is great ? 

22. — Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow ? or hast 
thou seen the treasures of the hail 

23. — Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the 
day of battle and war ? 

24. — By what way is the light parted which scattereth the east 
wind upon the earth ? 

25. — Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters 
or a way for the lightning of thunder. 



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26. — To cause It to rain on the earth where no man is, on the 
wilderness wherein there is no man. 

27. — To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the 
bud of the tender herb to spring forth ? 

28. — Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of 
dew? 

29. — Out of whose womb came the ice ? and the hoary frost of 
heaven, who hath gendered it ? 

30. — The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep 
is frozen. 

31. — Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades or loose the 
bands of Orion ? 

32. — Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season ? or canst thou 
guide Arcturus with his sons ? 

33. — Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven ? canst thou set the 
dominion thereof in the earth ? 

34. — Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds that abundance 
of waters may cover thee ? 

35. — Canst thou send lightnings that they may go and say unto 
thee : Here we are ? 

36. — Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts ? or who hath given 
understanding to the heart ? 

37. — Who can number the clouds in wisdom ? or who can stay the 
bottles of heaven 

38. — When the dust groweth into hardness and the clods cleave 
fast together? 

39. — Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion ? or fill the appetite of 
the young iions 

40. — When they couch in their dens and abide in the covert to lie 
in wait ? 

41. — Who provided for the raven his food ? when his young ones 
cry unto God they wander for lack of meat. 

THE BOTTOMLESS CHAPTER 
is Ephesians 3. 

I.— For this cause I Paul the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you 
Gentiles: 

2. — If ye have heard of the dispensation of the -grac^ of God which 
is given me to you ward. 

3. — How that by revelation'- Hie" madfe known unto me the mystery 
/"as I wrote afore in few words.) 



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4. — Whereby when ye read ye may understand my knowledge in 
the mystery of Christ. 

5. — Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of 
men as it is now revealvd unto His holy apostles and prophets by the 
Spirit. 

6. — That the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs and of the same body 
and partakers of His promise in Christ by the gospel. 

7, — Whereof I was made a minister according to the gift of the 
grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of His power. 

8. — Unto me who am less than the least of all saints is this grace 
given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable 
riches of Christ. 

9. — And to make all men see what is the Fellowship of the Mystery 
which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God who 
created all things by Jesus Christ. 

10. — To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in 
heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom 
of God. 

II. — According to the. eternal purpose which He purposed in 
Christ Jesus our Lord. 

1 2 — In whom we have boldness and access, with confidence by the 
faith of Him. 

13. — Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you 
which is your glory. 

14. — For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. 

15. — Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named. 

16. — That He would grant you according to the riches of His glory 
to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man. 

17. — That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith that ye being 
rooted and grounded in love 

18. — May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth 
and length and depth and height. 

19. — And to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge that 
ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. 

20. — Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above 
all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us. 

20. — Unto Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout 
all ages, world without end. Amen. 



A PRAYER SERVICE. 
Ephesians 3:20, 21. 
This Is a double climax, and no more emphatic words are found in 
the New Testament. They are picked words and packed words, and 
the thought rises to the highest summits of promise and of glory. 

We arrange these verses to exhibit the double climax, beginning at 
the central words " Unto Him " and reading first up and then down, 
and observing, that as we ascend and descend, we come to stronger 
expressions, the climactic relation of the various parts will appear. 
Exceeding abundantly 
Or even think 
That we ask 
Above all 
Is able to do 
Who according to the power that worketh in us 
Unto Him 
In the church 
By Christ Jesus 
Throughout all ages, 
World without end, 
Be glory. 
Amen. 
TEXTS FOR THE SORROWFUL WIDOW. 
Ex. 22:22. — Ye shall not afflict any widow. 

Deu. 10:18.— God doth execute the judgment of the . . . widow. 
Psalm 146:9. — The Lord relieveth the . . . widow, 
id. 68:5. — A judge oi the widows' is God in His Holy habitation. 
Isa. 54:5. — Thy Maker is thy husband. The Lord of hosts is His 
name, and thy redeemer the Holy One of Israel. The God of the 
whole earth shall He be called. 

id. 66:13. — As one whom his mother comforteth so will I comfort 
you, and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 

1 Tim. 5:4. — Now that she that is a widow indeed and desolate, 
trusteth in God and continueth in supplications and prayers night and 
day. 

2 Cor. 1:3.— Blessed be God the Father of mercies, the God of all 
comfort. 

Jno. 16:33. — These things I have spoken unto you that in Me ye 



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might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation, but be 
of good cheer, I have overcome the world. 

READINGS AT FAMILY PRAYERS. 
Subject: — Growth in Grace, 

Prov. 4:18. — But the path of the just is as the shining light that 
shineth more and more unto the perfed day. 

Ep. 4:14, 25. — That we henceforth be no more children tossed to 
and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the sleight of 
men and cunning craftiness whereby they lie in wait to deceive. 

But speaking the truth in love may grow up into Him (Christ) in 
all things which is the head, even Christ. 

Psalm 84:5-7. — Blessed are they whose strength is in Thee in 
whose heart are the ways of them. 

They go from strength to strength, everyone of them in Zion 
appeareth before God. 

2 Cor. 3:18. — But we all with open face beholding as in a glass, the 
glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to 
glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 

2 Pet. 3:18. — But grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord 
and Saviour Jesus Christ. 

Phil. 3:12-14. — Not as though I had already attained either were 
already perfe6l, but I follow after if that I may apprehend that for 
which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. I press toward the 
mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 
TEXTS APPROPRIATE FOR A CHRISTIAN TRAVELLING. 

Prov. 20:24. — Man's goings are of the Lord. 

Psalm 3:3. — Thou, O Lord, art a shield for me. 

Gen. 28:15. — And behold I am with thee and will keep thee in all 
places whither thou goest. 

Heb. 13:5. — I will never leave thee nor forsake thee. 

Jas. 1:9. — Be strong and of good courage; be not afraid, neither 
be thou dismayed, for the Lord thy God is with thee whithersoever 
thou goest. 

Isa. 7:4. — Fear not, neither be fainthearted. 

Psalm 91:10, II. — There shall no evil befall thee ; for He shall give 
His angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways. 

Deu. 33:25. — Thy shoes shall be iron and brass, and as thy days 
so shall thy strength be. 

id. 27. — The eternal God Is thy refuge and underneath are the 
everlasting arms. 



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Psalm 91:4. — He shall cover thee with His feathers and under His 
wings shalt thou trust. His truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 

Gen. 15:1. — Fear not, I am thy shield and thy exceeding great 
reward. 

Psalm 121:7, 8. — The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil. The 
Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time 
forth, and even for ever more. 

THE CHRISTIAN'S CLOCK. 
The clock strikes One, 

Teach me to say Thy Will be done. 
The clock strikes Two, 

Help me Thy Will to do. 
The clock strikes Three, 

I ask in faith to Follow Thee. 
The clock strikes Four, 

I pray for Trust for Evermore. 
The clock strikes Five, 

For Christian Speech, Help me to Strive. 
The clock strikes Six, 

Teach me my Hope on Thee to Fix. 
The clock strikes Seven, 

Make my Life a way to Heaven. 
The clock strikes Eight, 

May I in Peace and Patience Wait. 
The clock strikes Nine, 

Let Love be Ever Mine. 
The clock strikes Ten, 

1 Pray for Love to God and Men. 
It strikes Eleven, 

Let me each hour be nearer Heaven. 
Twelve strokes I hear. 

Now Perfect Love Hath Cast out Fear. 

HOURLY THOUGHTS OF JESUS. 
I o'clock — ^Jesus. Matt. 1:21. 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 

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Our Lord. 2 Thess. 2:16. 

Christ Our Life. Col. 3:4. 

Pie is Our Peace. Ep. 2:14. 

Christ Hath Made Us Free. Gal. 5:1. 

For ye serve the Lord Christ. Col. 3:24. 

Now ye are the body of Christ, i Cor. 12:27. 



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He was manltested to take away our sins, i J no. 3:5. 
And your life is hid with Christ in God. Col. 3:3. 
I live yet not I but Christ liveth in me. Gal. 2:20. 
It pleased the Father that in Him should all fulness 
dwell. Col. 1:19. 
12 " Christ in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and 

knowledge. Col. 2:3. 
How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God ! How great 
is the sum of them ! Psalm 139:17. 

HOURLY ADMONITIONS. 

1 o'clock — Watch. Mark 13:37. 

2 '' Be sober, i Thess. 5:6. 

3 " Pray without ceasing, i Thess. 5:16. 

4 " Pray for one another. Jas. 5:16. 

5 " Bear ye one another's burdens. Gal. 6:2. 

6 " Set your affections on things above. Col. 3:3. 

7 " And be not conformed to this world. Rom. 12:2. 

8 *' Love one another with a pure heart fervently. 

I Pet. 1:22. 

9 " Do all in the name of the Lord Jesus. Col. 3:17. 

10 " Present your bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable 

unto God. Rom. 12:1. 

11 " And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily as to the Lord. 

Col. 3:23. 

12 " Let your moderation be known unto all. The Lord is 

at hand. Phil. 4:5. 
Exhorting one another daily and so much the more as ye see the 
day approaching. Heb. 10:25. 

HOURLY PROMISES. 

1 o'clock — Peace. Jno. 14:27. 

2 " The Comforter. Jno. 14:26. 

3 " Will never leave. Heb. 13:5. 

4 '* All things are ours, i Cor. 3:21. 

5 " I will be your God. 2 Cor. 6:16. 

6 " Lo I am with you alway. Matt. 28:20. 

7 '' The Lord knoweth them that are His. 2 Tim. 2:19. 
S " I go to prepare a place for you. Jno, 14:2. - - 

9 *' Where I am there shall also My servant.be. Jno. 12:26. 

10 " And whosoever liveth and' believeth in Me shall never 

die. Jno: 11:26. * 



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1 1 o'clock — Who of God is made unto us wisdom, righteousness, 

san6lification, redemption, i Cor. 1:30. 

12 " All the promises of God are yea and Amen in Christ 

Jesus. 2 Cor. 1:20. 
He is faithful that promised. Heb. 10:23. 
What He hath promised He is able also to perform. Rom. 4:21. 

DAILY READINGS. 

I. Psalm 72:15. — Daily shall He be praised. 

id. 68:19. — Blessed be the Lord who daily loadeth us with 

benefits, even the God of our salvation, 
id. 34:1-50:23, Phil. 2:9-11, Heb. 13:15. 

II. id. 86:3. — Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for I cry unto Thee 

daily. 
id. 88:9. — Lord I have called daily unto Thee, I have 

stretched out my hands unto Thee, 
id. 55:17, Luke 18:1, Ep. 6:18. 

III. Acts 17:11. — These were more noble than those in Thessalonica 

in that they received the word with all readiness 
of mind, and searched the scriptures daily. 
2 Tim. 3:14-17, 2 Pet. 1:21, 2 Sam. 23:2, Psalm 119:9-11, 
Psalm 119:105, 130, 160, Jno. 10:35. 

IV. Heb. 3:13. — Exhort one another daily while it is called to-day. 
Acts 2:46, 47. — And they continuing daily with one accord in 

the temple and breaking bread from house to 
house did eat their meat with gladness and 
singleness of heart. Praising God and having 
favour with all the people. And the Lord 
added to the church daily such as should be 
saved, 
id. 5:42. — And daily in the temple and in every house they 
ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. 
Heb. 10:25, Rom. 12:8, ^ Tim. 4:1, 2, Jude 3. 

V. Prov. 8:34. — Blessed is the man that heareth Me ; watching 

daily at My gates. 
Mark 13:33-37. Luke 12:37, i Cor. 16:13. 

VI. Luke 9:23. — If any man will come after Me (Christ) let him 

deny himself and take up his cross daily and 
follow Me. 
Mat. 16:24, Mark 10:21, Gal 6:14, Col. 1:20, He^. 12:2, 



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VII. Psalm 56:1, 2. — Be merciful unto me, O God, for man would 
swallow me up ; he fighting daily oppresseth 
me. Mine enemies would daily swallow m-e 
up, for they be many that fight against me, O 
Thou Most High. 
Ep. 6:12, 2 Tim. 2:3, 4. 

DAILY EXPERIENCE. 
I. — Praise to Christ daily. 
II. — Prayer daily. 

III. — Searching the scriptures daily. 
IV. — Exhortation daily. 
V. — Watching daily. 
VI. — Taking up the cross daily. 
VII. — Fighting daily. 

MORNING READINGS. 
Exodus 16:21. — And they gathered Manna every morning, every 
man according to his eating. 

Lam. 3:22, 23. — It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not con- 
sumed, because His compassions fail not ; they are new every morning. 
Job 7:17, 18. — What is man ., . . That Thou shouldest visit 
him every morning. 

Psalm 73:14.-1 have been Chastened every morning. 
Isa. 33:2. — Be Thou our arm every morning. 

Zeph 3:5. — Every morning doth He (God) bring His judgment to 
light ; he faileth not. 

Ex. 30:7. — And Aaron shall burn thereon incense every morning. 

1 Chron. 23:30. — Stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord. 

2 Chron. 1 3: 1 1 . — And they shall burn unto the Lord every morning 
. . . Burnt sacrifices and sweet incense. 

I Chron. 9:27. — And the opening of the house of God every morn- 
ing pertained to them. 

Exod. 36:3. — And they brought unto Moses free offerings every 
morning. 

Ezek. 46:13. — Thou shalt prepare a burnt offering unto the Lord 
every morning. 

id. 14. — And thou shalt prepare a meat offering every morning. 

id 15. — Thus shall they prepare the lamb and the meat offering, 
and the oil every morning lor a continual burnt offering. 
TO BE GIVEN EVERY MORNING. 

J, Manna Given, Exod. 16:31 ; 2, New Mercies, Lam. 3:23; 3, 



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God Visits, Job 7:18 ; 4, God Chastens, Psalm 73:14; 5> Our Arm 
Isa. 33:2 ; 6, Judgments Seen, Zeph 3:5 ; 7, Worship, Ex. 30:7 ; 8, 
Praise, i Chron. 23:30; 9, Saciifice, 2 Chron. 13:11 ; 10, Service, i 
Chron. 9:27; 11, Free Offering, Ex. 36:3; 12, Preparation, Ezek. 
46:13-15. 

THE INVALID'S NOSEGAY. 

A refreshing nosegay gathered by a friend and affectionately pre- 
sented to Zion's invalids. 

What aileth thee ? Judges 18:24. 

IVken Sick. — Lord behold he (or she) whom thou lovest is sick. 

Jno. 11:3. 

The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing. Thou 
wilt make all his bed in his sickness. Psalm 41:3. 

For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dis- 
solved we have a building of God an house not made with hands, 
eternal in the heavens. 2 Cor. 5:1. 

IVhen Weak. — He giveth power to the faint and to them that have 
no might He increaseth strength. Isa. 40:29. 

Trust ye in the Lord for ever, for in the Lord Jehovah is everlast- 
ing strength. Isa. 26:4. 

When Weary. — And a man (Christ) shall be as an hiding place 
from the wind and a covert from the tempest, as rivers of water in a 
dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. Isa. 32:2. 

Come unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy laden and I will give 
you rest. Matt. 11:28, 

When Oppressed. — O Lord I am oppressed ; undertake for me. 
Isa. 38:14. 

Cast (or roll) thy burden upon the Lord and He shall sustain thee. 
He shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. Psalm 55:22. 

When Tempted. — Blessed is the man that endureth temptation, for 
when he is tried he shall receive the crown of life which the Lord hath 
promised to them that love Him. Jas. 1:12. 

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to 
man, but God is faithful who will not suffer you to be tempted above 
that ye are able, but will with the temptation also make a way to 
escape, that ye may be able to bear it. i Cor. 10:13. 

When Apprehensive of Judgme7ii. — Who is able to stand before this 
Holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go up from us? i Sam. 6:20. 

What shall we then say to these things. If God be for us, who can 
be against us ? Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect ? 



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It is God that JustifietL—^ho isJiQ that condemneth?_It is 
Christ that died, yea rather that is risen again, who is even at the 
ri^ht hand of God who also maketh intercession for us. Rom. 8:31, 

Please examine each and tie all up with faith. 

BANKING HINTS FOR BELIEVERS. 

Believers are unspeakably richer than most of them are aware, and 
it would be well for them to adopt a few pradical hints about the use 
of their riches, such as the following : 

I. — Open a Saving's Account according to Matt. 6:20, 21. 

2.— Make Use of the Check Book mentioned in 2 Peter 1:4, 
2 Cor. 1:20. 

3.— Remember the Essential Conditions of the Acceptance of all 
Checks on the Bank. Phil. 4:6, Matt. 21:22. 

4.— Never Forget that there are Always Heavy Balances to your 
Credit. Phil. 4:19, Psalm 84:11, 1. c, Ep. 3:20, Rom. 8:32. 

5. — How Others May Become Rich. Matt. 6:33. 

THE BELIEVER'S BANK. 

1. Matt. 6:20, 21. — Lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, 
where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not 
break through nor steal. For where your treasure is, there will your 
heart be also. 

2. 2 Peter 1:4. — Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and 
precious promises. 

2 Cor. 1:20. — For all the promises of God in Him (Christ) are yea 
and in Him, Amen : unto the glory of God by us. 

3. Phil. 4:6. — Be careful for nothing but in everything by prayer 
and supplication let your requests be made known unto God. 

Matt. 21:22. — And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, 
believing, ye shall receive. 

4. Phil. 4:19. — But my God shall supply all your need according 
to His riches in glory, by Christ Jesus. 

Psalm 84:11. — No good thing will He withhold from them that 
walk uprightly. 

Ep. 3:20. — Now unto Him that is able to do exceeding abundantly 
above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh 
in us. 

Rom. 8:32. — How shall He (God) not with Him (Christ) freely 
give us all things. 



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5. Matt. 6:33.— Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His right- 
eousness, and all these things shall be add^ unto you. 

A COMMAND, A PRAYER, AND A PROMISE. 

We should attend to the Commands of God ; We should pray for 
grace and strength to perform them, and We should treasure up in 
our memory suitable Promises for our encouragement. 

Command — Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast trans- 
gressed against the Lord thy God and hast scattered thy ways to the 
strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, 
saith the Lord. Jer. 3:13. 

Prayer — We have sinned and have committed iniquity and have 
done wickedly and have rebelled even by departing from Thy pre- 
cepts and from Thy judgments. Dan. 9:5. 

Promise — Whoso confesseth and forsaketh his sins shall have 
mercy. Prov. 28:13. 

Command — Therefore, also, now, saith the Lord, turn ye to Me 
with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping and with 
mourning. Joel 2:12. 

Prayer — Consider and hear me, O Lord my God ! lighten mine 
eyes lest I sleep the sleep of death. Psa. 13:3. 

Promise — Verily, verily I say unto you, your sorrow shall be 
turned into joy. John 16:20. 

Command— And rend your heart, not your garments, and turn 
unto the Lord your God. Joel 2:13. 

Prayer — But I am poor and sorrowful ; let Thy salvation, O God, 
set me up on high. Psa. 69:29. 

Promise — Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted. 
Matt. 5:4. 

Command — If iniquity be in thine hand put it far away and let not 
wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. Job 11:14. 

Prayer — Hide Thy face from, my sins and blot out all mine ini- 
quities. Psa. 51:9. 

Promise— 'Y\\^ Spirit of the Lord God is upon me because He 
hath anointed me . . to comfort all that mourn. To appoint 
unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, 
the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of 
Iieaviness, that they might be called Trees cf righteousness. The 
planting of the Lord that He might be glorified. Isa. 61:1-3. 

Command — Be afflicted and mourn and weep ; let your laughter 
be turned to mourning and your joy to heaviness. Jam. 4:9. 



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Prayer~-\ wait for the Lord ; my soul doth wait and in His word 
do I hope. Psa. 130:5. 

Promise — Because thine heart was tender and thou hast humbled 
thyself before the Lord . . and hast rent thy clothes and wept 
before Me. I also have heard thee, saith the Lord. 2 Kings 22:19. 

Command, — Come unto Me all ye that labor and are heavy laden. 
Matt. 11:28. 

Prayer. — Mine iniquities are gone over mine head as a heavy bur- 
den, they are too heavy for me. Psalm 38:4. 

Promise. — I will give you rest. Matt. 11:28. 

Command. — Let tears run down like a river, day and night ; give 
thyself no rest, let not the apple of thine eye cease. Lam. 2:18. 

Prayer. — My tears have been my meat day and night. Psalm 42:3. 

Promise. — They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Psalm 1 26:5. 

Command. — Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord weep be- 
tween the porch and the altar. Joel 2:17. 

Prayer. — Mine eye poureth out tears unto God. Job 16:20. 

Promise. — Thus saith the Lord ... I have heard thy prayer, 
I have seen thy tears, behold I will heal thee. 2 Kings 20:5, Isa. 38:5. 

He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall 
doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. 
Psalm 126:6. 

Command. — Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 
Matt. 3:2. 

Pr«;K^r.— Wherefore I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes. 
Job 42:6. 

Promise. — Him (Jesus) hath God exalted with His right hand a 
Prince and Saviour for to give repentance to Israel and fogiveness of 
sins. Acts 5:31. 

Command. — Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God. Him shalt thou 
serve and to Him shalt thou cleave. Deu. 10:20. 

Prayer. — O, Lord ! I beseech Thee, let now Thine ear be attentive 
to the prayer of Thy servant and to the prayer of Thy servants who 
desire to fear Thy name and prosper, I pray Thee, Thy servant, this 
day. Neh, 1:1 1. 

Promise. — The Lord shalt bless thy bread and thy water, and will 
take sickness away from the midst of thee. Ex. 23:25. 

The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil ; He shall preserve thy 
soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from 
this time forth, and even for evermore. Psalm 121:7, S' 



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Whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. Psalm 1:3. 

They shall prosper that love Thee. Psalm 122:6. 

Command. — Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt 
not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man servant, nor his maid '■ ser- 
vant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor an}'thing that is thy neighbor's. 
Ex. 20:17. 

Prayer. — Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies and not to covet- 
ousness. Psalm 119:36. 

Promise. — Knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better 
and an enduring substance. Heb, 10:34. 

Command. — Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your 
mouth but that which is good to the use of edifying that it may min- 
ister grace unto the hearers. Eph. 4:29. 

Prayer. — Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth, keep the door 
of my lips. Psalm 141:3. 

Promise.— T\i& mouth of the upright shall deliver them. Prov. 12:6. 

Command. — ^mX. now ye also put off all these: anger, wrath, mahce, 
blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. Col. 3:8. 

Prayer. — Hear the right O Lord, attend unto my cry ; give ear 
unto my .prayer that goeth not out of feigned lips. Psalm 17:1. 

Promise. — A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth. Prov. 
13:2. 

Command. — Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with 
salt that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. Col. 4:6. 

Prayer. — Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my 
heart be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my 
redeemer. Psalm 19:14. 

Promise. — The tongue of the wise is health. Prv. 12:18. 

Command. — Say not thou I will recompense evil, wait on the Lord. 
Prov. 20:22. 

Prayer. — Keep me from the wicked that oppress me, from my 
deadly enemies who compass me about. Psalm 17:8,, 9. 

Promise. — The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a 
refuge in times of trouble. Psalm 9:9. 

Command. — Envy thou not the oppressor ; choose none of his 
ways. Prov. 3:31. 

Prayer. — O let not the oppressed return ashamed, let the poor and 
needy praise Thy name. Psalm 74:21. 

Promise. — By this I know that Thou favorest me, because mine 
enemy doth not triumph over me. Psalm 41:11. 



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Command. — Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them 
in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. 
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded 
you. Matt. 28:19, 20. 

Prayer. — Who is sufficient for these things ? 2 Cor. 2:16. 

Promise. — Our sufficiency is of God. 2 Cor. 3:5. 

My grace is sufficient for thee, for My strength is made perfect in 
weakness. 2 Cor. 12:9. 

Command. — Set the trumpet to thy mouth. Hos. 8:1. 

Prayer. — Woe is me ! for I am undone because I am a man of 
unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips ; for 
mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. Isa. 6:5. 

Promise. — Lo I am with you alway, unto the end of the world. 
Matt. 28:20. 

Command. — Train up a child in the way he should go. Psalm 22:6. 

Prayer.— T\\dX our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth ; 
that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the simili- 
tude of a palace. Psalm 144:12. 

Promise. — And when he is old he will not depart from it. Psalm 
22:6. 

Thy children shall be like olive plants round about thy table. 
Psalm 128:3. 

Command. — Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell 
their children and their children another generation. Joel 1:3. 

Prayer. — O that Ishmael might live before Thee ! Gen. 17:18. 

Promise. — I will pour My Spirit upon thy seed, and My blessing 
upon thine offspring. Isa. 44:3. 

Command. — He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good and what 
doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly and to, love mercy and 
to walk humbly with thy God. Mic. 6:8 

Prayer. — I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord which am 
but dust and«ashes. Gen. 18:27. 

Promise. — The Lord shall save the humble person. Job 22:29. 

Command. — Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord. Jas. 4:10. 

Prayer. — I am not worthy of the least of all Thy mercies and of all 
the truth which Thou hast shewed unto Thy servant. Gen, 32:10. 

Promise. —The Lord shall lift you up. Jas. 4:10, 

By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches and honor and liie. 
Prov. 22:4. 

Command.— And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them 
not. Jer. 45:5. 



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Prayer. — But who am I and what is my people that we should be 
able to offer so willingly after this sort ? for all things come of Thee 
and of Thine own have we given Thee. 2 Ch. 29:14. 

Promise. — Honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. Prov. 29:23. 

Command. — Submitting yourselves, one to another, in the fear of 
God. Ep. 5:21. 

Prayer. — Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto Thy name 
give glory for thy mercy and for Thy truths' sake. Psalm 115:1. 

Promise. — For thus saith the High and Lofty one that inhabiteth 
eternity, whose name is Holy : I dwell in the high and holy place 
with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit to revive the 
spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. Isa. 
57:15- 

Command. — Make you a new heart and a new spirit, for why will 
ye die? Ezekiel 18:31. 

Prayer. — Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right 
spirit within me. Psalm 51:10. 

Promise. — A new heart will I give you, and a new spirit will I put 
within you and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and 
will give you an heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36:26. 

Command. — Thus with the Lord stand in the ways and see, ask 
for the old paths where is the good way and walk therein. Jer. 6:16. 

Prayer. — See if there be any wicked way in me and lead me in the 
way everlasting. Psalm 139:24. 

Promise. — They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thither- 
ward. — ^Jer. 50:5. 

Command. Keep thy heart with all diligence. — Prov. 4:23. 

Prayer. — O ! keep my soul, and deliver me ! — Psalm 25:20. 

Promise. — I, the Lord, do keep it lest any hurt it, I will keep it 
night and day. Isa. 27:3. 

Command. — Learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart. 
Matt. 11:29. 

Prayer. — That which I see not teach Thou me. Job 34:32. 

Promise. — They shall all be taught of God. Jno. 6:45. 

Command. — Let not sin reign in your mortal body that ye should 
obey it in the lusts thereof Rom. 6:92. 

Prayer. — Keep back Thy servant from presumptuous sins, let them 
not have dominion over me. Psalm 19:13. 

Promise. — Sin shall not have dominion over you, for ye are no^ 
under the law but under grace, Rom. 6:14, 



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Command. — Be not thou ashamed of the testimony of our Lord. 
2 Tim. i:8. 

Prayer.— Let none that wait on Thee be ashamed. Psalm 25:3. 

Promise. — They shall not be ashamed that wait for Me. Isa. 49:23. 

Command. — Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. 
Mark 14:38. 

Prayer.— Lead us not into temptation. Matt. 6:13. 

Promise. — God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted 
above that ye are able, i Cor. 10:13. 

Command. — Be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. 
Eph. 6:10. 

Prayer. — My soul melteth for heaviness, strengthen Thou me ac- 
cording to Thy word. Psalm 119:28. 

Promise. — I will strengthen thee, yea I will help thee, I will uphold 
thee with the right hand of My righteousness. Isa. 41:10. 

Command. — Pray without ceasing, i Thess. 5:17. 

Prayer. — Lord teach us to pray. Luke 1 1 : i . 

Promise. — I will pour upon the house of David and upon the in- 
habitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and supplication. Zech. 12:10 

Command. — Your adversary, the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth 
about seeking whom he may devour ; whom resist steadfast in the 
faith. I Pet. 5:8, 9. 

Prayer. — Save me from the lion's mouth. Psalm 22:21. 

Promise. — The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet 
shortly. Rom. 16:20. 

Command. — Be thou faithful unto death. Rev. 2:10. 

Prayer. — Let integrity and uprightness preserve me. Psalm 25:21. 

Promise. — Even to old age I am He, and even to hoary hairs I 
will carry you. Isa. 46:4. 

Command. — Sing praises to God ; sing praises ; sing praises to our 
King; sing praises. Psalm 47:6. 

Prayer. — O Lord, open thou my lips and my mouth shall show 
forth Thy praise. Psalm 51:15. 

Promise. — This people have I formed for myself, they shall shew 
forth My praise. Isa. 43:21. 

Command. — Believe in the Lord your God. 2 Chron. 20:20. 

Prayer. — Lord I believe ; help Thou mine unbelief. Mark. 9:24. 

Promise. — They shall trust in the name of the Lord. Zeph. 3:12. 

Command. — Tyrn ye to the strong-hold, ye prisoners of hope. 
Zech. 9:12. 



Prayer. — Be Thou my strong habitation whereunto I may continu- 
ally resort. Psalm 71:3. 

Promise. — He shall dwell on high ; his place of defence shall be 
the munition of rocks. Isa. 33:16. 

Command. — Let your conversation be without covetousness and be 
content with such things as ye have. Heb. 13:5. 

Prayer. — Remove far from me vanity and lies ; give me neither 
poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me. Prov. 30:8. 

Promise. — For He hath said : I will never leave thee nor lorsake 
thee. Heb. 13:5. 

Command. — And having food and raiment let us be therewith con- 
tent. I Tim. 6:8. 

Prayer. — I have learned in whatsoever state I am therewith to be 
content. Phil. 4:11. 

Promise. — But Godliness with contentment is great gain, i Tim, 6 ;6. 

Command. — Be patient therefore brethren unto the coming of the 
Lord. Jas. 5:7, 8. 

Prayer. — I waited patiently for the Lord. Psalm 40:1. 

Promise. — Here is the patience of the saints, here are they that 
keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. Rev. 14:12. 

Command. — But thou O man of God flee these things and follow 
after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness, i Tim. 
6:11. 

Prayer. — And Job said . . . The Lord gave and the Lord 
hath taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord. Job 1:21. 

Promise. — Behold we count them happy which endure. Ye have 
heard of the patience of Job and have seen the end of the Lord that 
the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy. Jas. 5:11. 

Command. — For ye have need of patience. Heb. 10:36. 

Prayer. — What shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall 
we not receive evil? Job. 2:10. 

Promise. — That after ye have done the will of God ye might receive 
the promise. Heb. 10:36. 

Command. — But let patience have her perfect work. Jas. i -.4.. 

Prayer. — I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have 
sinned against Him until He plead my cause and execute judgm.ent 
forme. Micah 7:9. 

Promise. — He will bring me forth to the light and I shall behold 
His righteousness. Micah 7:9. 

Command. — That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound 
in faith, in charity, in patience. Titus 2:2. 



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Prayer. — The will of the Lord be done. Acts 21.14. 

Promise.— The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 
Ecc. 7:8. 

Command. — Keep the Sabbath day, to sanctify it as the Lord thy 
God hath commanded thee. Deu. 5:12. 

Prayer. — This is the day which the Lord hath made, we will re- 
joice and be glad in it. Psalm 118:24. 

Promise. — Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord and I will 
cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth and feed thee 
with the heritage of Jacob thy father, for the mouth of the Lord hath 
spoken it. Isa. 58:13, 14. 

Command. — Verily My Sabbaths ye shall keep, for it is a sign be- 
tween Me and you throughout your generations. Exodus 31:13. 

Prayer. — And madest known unto them Thy holy Sabbath, and 
commandest them precepts, statutes and laws by the hand of Moses, 
Thy servant. Neh. 9:14. 

Promise. — Blessed is the man that doeth this and the son of man 
that layeth hold on it, that keepeth the Sabbath, from polluting it and 
keepeth his hand from doing any evil. Isa. 56:2. 

Command. — They shall come with weeping and with supplications 
will I lead them. Jer. 31 -.g. 

Prayer. — For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually 
before me. Psalm 38:17. 

Promise. — For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replen- 
ished every sorrowful soul. Jer. 31 :2^. 

Command. — In those days and in that time saith the Lord, the 
children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together 
going and weeping, they shall go and seek the Lord their God. 
Jer. 50:4. 

Prayer. — I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 
Rom. 9:2. 

Promise. — I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn as- 
sembly who are of those to whom the reproach of it was a burden. 
Zeph. 3:18. 

Command. — Surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded 
for all thy wickedness. Jer. 22:22. 

Prayer. — Make me to know my transgression and my sin. Job. 
13:23. 

Promise. — To set up on high those that be low that those which 
mourn may be exalted to safety. Job 5:11. 



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Command. — And the land shall mourn every family apart. Zech. 
12:12. 

Prayer. — Behold I am vile, what shall I answer Thee ? I will lay 
mine hand upon my mouth. Job 40:4. 

Promise. — I have seen his ways and I will heal him ; I will lead 
hlni also and restore comfort unto him and to his mourners. Isa. 57 :i8. 

Command. — But they that escape of them shall escape and shall be 
on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, 
every one for his iniquity. Eze. 7:16. 

Prayer. — For I acknowledge my transgression and my sin is ever 
before me. Psalm 51 13. 

Promise. — I will turn their mourning into joy and will comfort 
them and make them rejoice from their sorrow. Jer. 31:13. 

Command. — They shall look upon Me whom they have pierced, 
and they shall mourn for Him as one mourneth for his only son and 
shall be in bitterness for Him as one that is in bitterness for his first 
born. Zech. 12:10. 

Prayer. — O God, Thou knowest my foolishness and my sins are 
not hid from Thee. Psalm 69:5. 

Promise. — Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of 
Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh 
and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst there- 
of. Ezek. 9:4. 

Command. — Turn ye from your evil ways and keep My com- 
mandments and My statutes. 2 King's 17:13. 

Prayer. — Turn us again, O God, and cause Thy face to shine and 
we shall be saved. Psalm 80:3. 

Promise. — Unto you first God having raised up His Son Jesus, sent 
Him to bless you in turning away every one of you from his iniqui- 
ties. Acts 3:26. 

Command. — Be clothed with humility, i Pet. 5 :5. 

Prayer. — Behold I am vile, what shall I ansv/er Thee ? I will lay 
mine hand upon my mouth. Job 40:4. 

Promise. — Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom 
of heaven. Matt. 5:3. 

To this man will I look that is of an humble spirit to revive the 
spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. 
Isa. 57:15. 

He that humbleth himself shall be exalted. 



THE END. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



PAGE. 

Soul Winning Texts, -- - ^-- _ ^ 

Texts for Backsliders, - - - 5 

the Slightly Conviaed, . - . _ . 8 

those who are Unwilling - <- - _ . _ g 

Great Sinners, - - --, _-_ 10 

those who Have Tried, but without success, - - 14 

Doubters, - - - - - 15 

those Waiting for Feeling, - - - - 17 

Skeptical Inquirers, - - - , - - 17 

those who Stumble, - - - - - _ _ ig 

Procrastinators, - - - - - _ . _ 21 

those who Want a Good Time, - - - - 22 

those who Don't Know How, - - - - 23 

those in Darkness, - - - - - - 25 

the Fearful, - - - - - - - 25 

those in Great Affliction, - - - _ _ 27 

those in Need of Strength, - - - - 28 

the Tempest Tossed, - - - - - 28 

those who Want Money, - - - . 28 

those who Seek Prosperity, - - - - 28 

the Busy Ones, - > - - _ _ 29 

those who are Hedged In, - - - - 29 

those who Need Help, - - - - 29 

The Comfort Chapter, - - - - - - 29 

The Wisdom Chapter, - > . _ . ^o 

Texts for those who Want Assurance, - - - - 32 

The Rock Chapter, - . - _ _ _ _ ^2 

The chapters for Despondents, - - - . . 24 

The chapter on Character, , , , , „ - 36 



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The Rest Chapter, - - - . _ _ -g 

The Duty Chapter, - _ _ . . _ ^o 

The Tonic Chapter, - - - . . _ .q 

The Convert's Chapter, - - _ ^ _ - 41 

The chapters of Blesssings, - - - - . a 2 

The Love Chapter, - - - . _ . . . ^ 

The chapter for Hypocrites, - - - . . aa 

The Faith and Work Chapter, - - - . - 46 

The Lost and Found Chapter, - - - ^ . 46 

The Topless Chapter, - -48 

The Bottomless Chapter, ----_. cq 

A Prayer Service, - - - - ^ - ^2 

Texts for the Widow, - - _ , _ ^2 

Readings at Family Prayers, - - . . _ .^ 

The Christians' Clock, - - - - - ka 

Hourly Thoughts of Jesus, - ^ > . _ , . 

Hourly Admonitions, - - _ ^ . __ 

Hourly Promises, - - - _ _ -_ 

Daily Readings, --->__ -^ 

Daily Experience, - - a _ . . e^ 

Morning Readings, - - ^ _ . -, __ 

The Invalids Nosegay, - _ . . _ _ _g 

The Believers' Bank and Banking Hints, - - - eg 

Commands, Prayers and Promises, - - - _ 60-68 



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